Which to use
“finds” is a verb and “marten” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #10,082
- “finds” frequency rank
- #43,341
- “marten” frequency rank
- 53423
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | finds | marten |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs find | der Marder |
Letter map: finds vs marten
Shared letters muted; letters that set finds and marten apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. finds runs 5 letters (CVCCC) against marten's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for finds / marten
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: finds is averb and martenanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53423, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
finds is recorded at frequency rank #10,082, classified as averb, pronounced […]. marten is at rank #43,341, 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 53423, this pair ranks #1,058,608 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of finds vs marten
Shared letters: n. Private to "finds": dfis. Private to "marten": aemrt.
"finds" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC · "marten" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "finds" and "marten" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "finds" vs "marten" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pair "finds" vs "marten" 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 "marten" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,058,608 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "finds" and "marten" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "marten 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 #1,058,608 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.