fieldsvsfindsWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#33,042
“fields” frequency rank
#10,082
“finds” frequency rank
43124
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature fields finds
Definition Plural des Substantivs field 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs find

Letter map: fields vs finds

Shared letters muted; letters that set fields and finds apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. fields runs 6 letters (CVVCCC) against finds's 5 (CVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
fields
5 ch
finds

Role in the sentence - fields and finds

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: fields is anoun and findsaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43124, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

fields is recorded at frequency rank #33,042, classified as anoun, pronounced [fiːldz]. 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 43124, this pair ranks #1,427,921 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of fields vs finds

Shared letters: dfis. Private to "fields": el. Private to "finds": n.

"fields" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCC  ·  "finds" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • fieldsfeilds · ffields · fiedls · fieldds · fieldss · fiellds · fielsd · fileds
  • findsffinds · fidns · findds · findss · finnds · finsd · fnids · ifnds

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "fields" and "finds" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "fields" is a noun and "finds" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "fields" or "finds" show up more?
"finds" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,082 in our German list, against #33,042 for "fields". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "fields" and "finds".

  • Full dictionary entry for "fields" 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 #1,427,921 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "fields" and "finds" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fields vs fils". 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 #1,427,921 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