fatavsfindsWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#45,920
“fata” frequency rank
#10,082
“finds” frequency rank
56002
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature fata finds
Definition die Fee 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs find

Letter map: fata vs finds

Shared letters muted; letters that set fata and finds apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. fata runs 4 letters (CVCV) against finds's 5 (CVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

4 ch
fata
5 ch
finds

Part-of-speech tell for fata / finds

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: fata is anoun and findsaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56002, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

fata is recorded at frequency rank #45,920, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. finds is at rank #10,082, 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 56002, this pair ranks #957,439 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of fata vs finds

Shared letters: f. Private to "fata": at. Private to "finds": dins.

"fata" · 4 letters · shape CVCV  ·  "finds" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • fata ← afta · faat · fatta · ffata · ftaa
  • finds ← ffinds · fidns · findds · findss · finnds · finsd · fnids · ifnds

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "fata" and "finds" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "fata" is a noun and "finds" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "fata" or "finds"?
"finds" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,082 in our German list, against #45,920 for "fata". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "fata" and "finds". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "fata" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "finds" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #957,439 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "fata" and "finds" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fata 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 #957,439 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