FinalsvsfindsWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#30,049
“Finals” frequency rank
#10,082
“finds” frequency rank
40131
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Finals finds
Definition Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Final 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs find

Letter map: Finals vs finds

Shared letters muted; letters that set Finals and finds apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

6 ch
Finals
5 ch
finds

Role in the sentence - Finals and finds

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Finals is anoun and findsaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40131, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Finals is recorded at frequency rank #30,049, classified as anoun, pronounced [fiˈnaːls]. 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 40131, this pair ranks #1,517,205 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Finals vs finds

Shared letters: fins. Private to "Finals": al. Private to "finds": d.

"Finals" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC  ·  "finds" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Finalsffinals · fianls · finalls · finalss · finasl · finlas · finnals · fnials
  • findsffinds · fidns · findds · findss · finnds · finsd · fnids · ifnds

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Finals" and "finds" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Finals" is a noun and "finds" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "Finals" 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 #30,049 for "Finals". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "Finals" vs "finds" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Finals" 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 #1,517,205 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Finals" and "finds" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fils vs Finals". 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 #1,517,205 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