finds vs fine, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#10,082
“finds” frequency rank: #15,086
“fine” frequency rank: 25168
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	finds	fine
Definition	3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs find	ausgezeichnet

Letter map: finds vs fine

Shared letters muted; letters that set finds and fine apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch

finds

4 ch

fine

Grammar separator: finds vs fine

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: finds is averb and fineanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25168, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

finds is recorded at frequency rank #10,082, classified as averb, pronounced […]. fine is at rank #15,086, tagged as anadj, pronounced [faɪn].

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 25168, this pair ranks #1,837,198 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of finds vs fine

Shared letters: fin. Private to "finds": ds. Private to "fine": e.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

finds ← ffinds · fidns · findds · findss · finnds · finsd · fnids · ifnds
fine ← ffine · fnie · ifne

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "finds" and "fine" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "finds" is a verb and "fine" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Frequency check: "finds" vs "fine" - which ranks higher?

"finds" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,082 in our German list, against #15,086 for "fine". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

Full dictionary entry for "finds" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "fine" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #1,837,198 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"finds" and "fine" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fine vs fist". 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 #1,837,198 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.