commentsvsordersWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

“comments” and “orders” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#30,988
“comments” frequency rank
#49,941
“orders” frequency rank
80929
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature comments orders
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs comment 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs order

Letter map: comments vs orders

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

8 ch
comments
6 ch
orders

Corpus notes: comments and orders

comments and orders are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 80929, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

comments is recorded at frequency rank #30,988, classified as averb, pronounced […]. orders is at rank #49,941, tagged as averb, 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 80929, this pair ranks #185,726 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of comments vs orders

Shared letters: eos. Private to "comments": cmnt. Private to "orders": dr.

"comments" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCC  ·  "orders" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • commentsccomments · cmoments · comemnts · coments · commennts · commenst · commentss · commentts
  • ordersodrers · ordders · orderrs · orderss · ordesr · ordres · oredrs · orrders

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "comments" and "orders" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They differ by 2 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "comments" vs "orders" - which ranks higher?
"comments" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #30,988 in our German list, against #49,941 for "orders". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "comments" vs "orders" 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 "orders" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #185,726 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "comments" and "orders" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "orders 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 #185,726 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