findsvsmagmaConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#10,082
“finds” frequency rank
#40,079
“magma” frequency rank
50161
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature finds magma
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs find das Magma

Letter map: finds vs magma

Shared letters muted; letters that set finds and magma apart highlighted. No shared letter run. finds (CVCCC) and magma (CVCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

5 ch
finds
5 ch
magma

Role in the sentence - finds and magma

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: finds is averb and magmaanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 5 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50161, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

finds is recorded at frequency rank #10,082, classified as averb, pronounced […]. magma is at rank #40,079, 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 50161, this pair ranks #1,184,300 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of finds vs magma

Shared letters: none. Private to "finds": dfins. Private to "magma": agm.

"finds" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC  ·  "magma" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • findsffinds · fidns · findds · findss · finnds · finsd · fnids · ifnds
  • magmaamgma · magam · maggma · magmma · mamga · mgama · mmagma

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "finds" for "magma" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "finds" is a verb and "magma" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "finds" or "magma" show up more?
"finds" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,082 in our German list, against #40,079 for "magma". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "finds" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "magma" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,184,300 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "finds" and "magma" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "magma 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 #1,184,300 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