Which to use
“effects” is a verb and “hospital” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #24,305
- “effects” frequency rank
- #12,309
- “hospital” frequency rank
- 36614
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | effects | hospital |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs effect | größeres Gebäude oder Gebäudekomplex mit einer medizinischen Einrichtung, in dem Krankheiten, Leiden oder körperliche Schäden bei Menschen festgestellt und jene durch stationäre oder ambulante Behandlung geheilt oder gelindert sowie Geburtshilfe und Sterbebegleitung geleistet werden |
Letter map: effects vs hospital
Shared letters muted; letters that set effects and hospital apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. effects runs 7 letters (VCCVCCC) against hospital's 8 (CVCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - effects and hospital
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: effects is averb and hospitalanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36614, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
effects is recorded at frequency rank #24,305, classified as averb, pronounced […]. hospital is at rank #12,309, 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 36614, this pair ranks #1,611,074 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of effects vs hospital
Shared letters: st. Private to "effects": cef. Private to "hospital": ahilop.
"effects" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCC · "hospital" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "effects" and "hospital" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary German text, does "effects" or "hospital" show up more?
What to do next
Pair "effects" vs "hospital" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "effects" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "hospital" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,611,074 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "effects" and "hospital" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "effects 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 #1,611,074 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.