commentsvsMinneapolisTell them apart

Quick tell: comments is a verb, Minneapolis is a name, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“comments” is a verb and “Minneapolis” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#30,988
“comments” frequency rank
#49,895
“Minneapolis” frequency rank
80883
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature comments Minneapolis
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs comment Großstadt in Minnesota, USA

Letter map: comments vs Minneapolis

Shared letters muted; letters that set comments and Minneapolis apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

8 ch
comments
11 ch
Minneapolis

Role in the sentence - comments and Minneapolis

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: comments is averb and Minneapolisaname. On the page they differ by 3 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 80883, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

comments is recorded at frequency rank #30,988, classified as averb, pronounced […]. Minneapolis is at rank #49,895, tagged as aname, pronounced […].

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 80883, this pair ranks #186,575 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of comments vs Minneapolis

Shared letters: emnos. Private to "comments": ct. Private to "Minneapolis": ailp.

"comments" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCC  ·  "Minneapolis" · 11 letters · shape CVCCVVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • commentsccomments · cmoments · comemnts · coments · commennts · commenst · commentss · commentts
  • Minneapolisimnneapolis · mineapolis · minenapolis · minnaepolis · minneaoplis · minneaplois · minneapoils · minneapoliss

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "comments" and "Minneapolis" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "comments" is a verb and "Minneapolis" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "comments" or "Minneapolis"?
"comments" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #30,988 in our German list, against #49,895 for "Minneapolis". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "comments" and "Minneapolis".

  • Full dictionary entry for "comments" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Minneapolis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #186,575 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "comments" and "Minneapolis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Minneapolis vs puzzles". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #186,575 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list