Which to use
“finds” is a verb and “hobbies” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #10,082
- “finds” frequency rank
- #30,116
- “hobbies” frequency rank
- 40198
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | finds | hobbies |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs find | Plural des Substantivs hobby |
Letter map: finds vs hobbies
Shared letters muted; letters that set finds and hobbies apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. finds runs 5 letters (CVCCC) against hobbies's 7 (CVCCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for finds / hobbies
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: finds is averb and hobbiesanoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40198, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
finds is recorded at frequency rank #10,082, classified as averb, pronounced […]. hobbies is at rank #30,116, tagged as anoun, 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 40198, this pair ranks #1,515,337 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of finds vs hobbies
Shared letters: is. Private to "finds": dfn. Private to "hobbies": beho.
"finds" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC · "hobbies" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "finds" and "hobbies" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "finds" vs "hobbies" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pair "finds" vs "hobbies" 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 "hobbies" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,515,337 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "finds" and "hobbies" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hobbies 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 #1,515,337 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.