findsvsHürthConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#10,082
“finds” frequency rank
#38,191
“Hürth” frequency rank
48273
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature finds Hürth
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs find eine Stadt in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland

Letter map: finds vs Hürth

Shared letters muted; letters that set finds and Hürth apart highlighted. No shared letter run. finds and Hürth follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

5 ch
finds
5 ch
Hürth

Role in the sentence - finds and Hürth

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: finds is averb and Hürthaname. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 5 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48273, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

finds is recorded at frequency rank #10,082, classified as averb, pronounced […]. Hürth is at rank #38,191, tagged as aname, 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 48273, this pair ranks #1,254,626 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of finds vs Hürth

Shared letters: none. Private to "finds": dfins. Private to "Hürth": hrtü.

"finds" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC  ·  "Hürth" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • findsffinds · fidns · findds · findss · finnds · finsd · fnids · ifnds

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "finds" and "Hürth" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "finds" is a verb and "Hürth" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "finds" or "Hürth"?
"finds" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,082 in our German list, against #38,191 for "Hürth". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "finds" and "Hürth".

  • Full dictionary entry for "finds" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Hürth" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,254,626 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "finds" and "Hürth" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Hürth 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 #1,254,626 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