Which to use
“find” and “finds” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,633
- “find” frequency rank
- #10,082
- “finds” frequency rank
- 11715
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | find | finds |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs finden | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs find |
Letter map: find vs finds
Shared letters muted; letters that set find and finds apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. find runs 4 letters (CVCC) against finds's 5 (CVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Pair insight - find / finds
find and finds are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “find” sits inside “finds”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11715, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
find is recorded at frequency rank #1,633, classified as averb, pronounced [fɪnt]. 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 11715, this pair ranks #1,968,325 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of find vs finds
Shared letters: dfin. Private to "find": -. Private to "finds": s.
"find" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "finds" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "find" and "finds" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "find" vs "finds" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "find" and "finds".
- Full dictionary entry for "find" 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 #1,968,325 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "find" and "finds" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "finds 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 #1,968,325 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.