findsvsmartensWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#10,082
“finds” frequency rank
#25,657
“martens” frequency rank
35739
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature finds martens
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs find Plural des Substantivs marten

Letter map: finds vs martens

Shared letters muted; letters that set finds and martens apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. finds runs 5 letters (CVCCC) against martens's 7 (CVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
finds
7 ch
martens

Part-of-speech tell for finds / martens

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: finds is averb and martensanoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35739, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

finds is recorded at frequency rank #10,082, classified as averb, pronounced […]. martens is at rank #25,657, 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 35739, this pair ranks #1,632,728 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of finds vs martens

Shared letters: ns. Private to "finds": dfi. Private to "martens": aemrt.

"finds" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC  ·  "martens" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • findsffinds · fidns · findds · findss · finnds · finsd · fnids · ifnds
  • martensamrtens · maretns · marrtens · martenns · martenss · martesn · martnes · marttens

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "finds" and "martens" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "finds" is a verb and "martens" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "finds" or "martens"?
"finds" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,082 in our German list, against #25,657 for "martens". 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 "martens". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "finds" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "martens" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,632,728 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "finds" and "martens" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "martens 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 #1,632,728 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