Which to use
“content” is an adjective and “division” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #4,256
- “content” frequency rank
- #7,747
- “division” frequency rank
- 12003
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | content | division |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | zufrieden | Division, Teilung |
Letter map: content vs division
Shared letters muted; letters that set content and division apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. content runs 7 letters (CVCCVCC) against division's 8 (CVCVCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for content / division
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: content is anadjective and divisionanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12003, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
content is recorded at frequency rank #4,256, classified as anadj, pronounced […]. division is at rank #7,747, 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 12003, this pair ranks #1,966,730 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of content vs division
Shared letters: no. Private to "content": cet. Private to "division": disv.
"content" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC · "division" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "content" for "division" ever safe?
In ordinary German text, does "content" or "division" show up more?
Useful next steps
You've compared "content" and "division". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "content" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "division" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,966,730 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "content" and "division" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "division 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 #1,966,730 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.