effectsvsobjectWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: effects is a verb, object is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“effects” is a verb and “object” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#24,305
“effects” frequency rank
#32,693
“object” frequency rank
56998
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature effects object
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs effect körperlicher Gegenstand

Letter map: effects vs object

Shared letters muted; letters that set effects and object apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. effects runs 7 letters (VCCVCCC) against object's 6 (VCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
effects
6 ch
object

Part-of-speech tell for effects / object

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: effects is averb and objectanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56998, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

effects is recorded at frequency rank #24,305, classified as averb, pronounced […]. object is at rank #32,693, 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 56998, this pair ranks #918,480 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of effects vs object

Shared letters: cet. Private to "effects": fs. Private to "object": bjo.

"effects" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCC  ·  "object" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • effectsefects · efefcts · effcets · effeccts · effecst · effectss · effectts · effetcs
  • objectboject · obbject · obejct · objcet · objecct · objectt · objetc · objject

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "effects" for "object" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "effects" is a verb and "object" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "effects" or "object" show up more?
"effects" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #24,305 in our German list, against #32,693 for "object". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "effects" vs "object" 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 "object" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #918,480 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "effects" and "object" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "object 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 #918,480 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