findsvsflyersTell them apart

Which to use

“finds” and “flyers” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#10,082
“finds” frequency rank
#42,493
“flyers” frequency rank
52575
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature finds flyers
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs find 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs flyer

Letter map: finds vs flyers

Shared letters muted; letters that set finds and flyers apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. finds runs 5 letters (CVCCC) against flyers's 6 (CCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
finds
6 ch
flyers

Spelling & dictionary notes on finds vs flyers

finds and flyers 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52575, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

finds is recorded at frequency rank #10,082, classified as averb, pronounced […]. flyers is at rank #42,493, 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 52575, this pair ranks #1,091,448 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of finds vs flyers

Shared letters: fs. Private to "finds": din. Private to "flyers": elry.

"finds" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC  ·  "flyers" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • findsffinds · fidns · findds · findss · finnds · finsd · fnids · ifnds
  • flyersfflyers · fleyrs · fllyers · flyerrs · flyerss · flyesr · flyres · flyyers

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "finds" and "flyers" be used interchangeably?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
In ordinary German text, does "finds" or "flyers" show up more?
"finds" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,082 in our German list, against #42,493 for "flyers". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've compared "finds" and "flyers". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "finds" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "flyers" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,091,448 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "finds" and "flyers" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "flyers 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 #1,091,448 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