Which to use
“February” is a noun and “shows” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #48,880
- “February” frequency rank
- #8,130
- “shows” frequency rank
- 57010
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | February | shows |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | zweiter Monat des Jahres im gregorianischen Kalender; Februar | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs show |
Letter map: February vs shows
Shared letters muted; letters that set February and shows apart highlighted. No shared letter run. February runs 8 letters (CVCCVVCV) against shows's 5 (CCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for February / shows
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: February is anoun and showsaverb. On the page they differ by 3 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57010, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
February is recorded at frequency rank #48,880, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. shows is at rank #8,130, 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 57010, this pair ranks #918,027 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of February vs shows
Shared letters: none. Private to "February": abefruy. Private to "shows": hosw.
"February" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCV · "shows" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Frequency check: "February" vs "shows" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've compared "February" and "shows". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "February" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "shows" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #918,027 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "February" and "shows" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "February 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 #918,027 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.