commentsvsmotocrossConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#30,988
“comments” frequency rank
#49,906
“motocross” frequency rank
80894
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature comments motocross
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs comment Motocross

Letter map: comments vs motocross

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

8 ch
comments
9 ch
motocross

Part-of-speech tell for comments / motocross

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: comments is averb and motocrossanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 80894, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

comments is recorded at frequency rank #30,988, classified as averb, pronounced […]. motocross is at rank #49,906, tagged as anoun, 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 80894, this pair ranks #186,390 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of comments vs motocross

Shared letters: cmost. Private to "comments": en. Private to "motocross": r.

"comments" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCC  ·  "motocross" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • commentsccomments · cmoments · comemnts · coments · commennts · commenst · commentss · commentts
  • motocrossmmotocross · mootcross · motcoross · motoccross · motocorss · motocros · motocroß · motocrross

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "comments" for "motocross" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "comments" is a verb and "motocross" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "comments" vs "motocross" - which ranks higher?
"comments" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #30,988 in our German list, against #49,906 for "motocross". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "comments" vs "motocross" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "comments" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "motocross" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #186,390 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "comments" and "motocross" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "motocross 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 #186,390 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