Which to use
“designed” is a verb and “Designs” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #46,566
- “designed” frequency rank
- #16,676
- “Designs” frequency rank
- 63242
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | designed | Designs |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs design | Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Design |
Letter map: designed vs Designs
Shared letters muted; letters that set designed and Designs apart highlighted. Shared run: 6.
Role in the sentence - designed and Designs
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: designed is averb and Designsanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63242, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
designed is recorded at frequency rank #46,566, classified as averb, pronounced […]. Designs is at rank #16,676, tagged as anoun, pronounced [diˈzaɪ̯ns].
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 63242, this pair ranks #683,770 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of designed vs Designs
Shared letters: degins. Private to "designed": -. Private to "Designs": -.
"designed" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC · "Designs" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "designed" for "Designs" ever safe?
In ordinary German text, does "designed" or "Designs" show up more?
What to do next
You've compared "designed" and "Designs". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "designed" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Designs" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #683,770 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "designed" and "Designs" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "designed 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 #683,770 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.