Which to use
“document” is a noun and “documents” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #42,426
- “document” frequency rank
- #48,068
- “documents” frequency rank
- 90494
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | document | documents |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Schriftstück, das eine Information oder einen Beleg liefert; Dokument, Urkunde | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs document |
Letter map: document vs documents
Shared letters muted; letters that set document and documents apart highlighted. Shared run: 8.
Part-of-speech tell for document / documents
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: document is anoun and documentsaverb. On the page they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “document” sits inside “documents”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 90494, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
document is recorded at frequency rank #42,426, classified as anoun, pronounced [dɔ.ky.mɑ̃]. documents is at rank #48,068, 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 90494, this pair ranks #46,481 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of document vs documents
Shared letters: cdemnotu. Private to "document": -. Private to "documents": s.
"document" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCC · "documents" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "document" and "documents" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "document" or "documents"?
Useful next steps
You've compared "document" and "documents". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "document" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "documents" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #46,481 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "document" and "documents" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "documents 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 #46,481 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.