Which to use
“family” is a noun and “screening” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #7,759
- “family” frequency rank
- #30,760
- “screening” frequency rank
- 38519
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | family | screening |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Familie | Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs screen |
Letter map: family vs screening
Shared letters muted; letters that set family and screening apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. family runs 6 letters (CVCVCV) against screening's 9 (CCCVVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Grammar separator: family vs screening
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: family is anoun and screeningaverb. On the page they differ by 3 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38519, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
family is recorded at frequency rank #7,759, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. screening is at rank #30,760, 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 38519, this pair ranks #1,561,830 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of family vs screening
Shared letters: i. Private to "family": aflmy. Private to "screening": cegnrs.
"family" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCV · "screening" · 9 letters · shape CCCVVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "family" and "screening" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "family" vs "screening" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pair "family" vs "screening" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "family" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "screening" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,561,830 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "family" and "screening" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs screening". 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 #1,561,830 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.