findsvsmartiConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#10,082
“finds” frequency rank
#45,446
“marti” frequency rank
55528
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature finds marti
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs find Ehefrau des Sohnes; Schwiegertochter

Letter map: finds vs marti

Shared letters muted; letters that set finds and marti apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. finds (CVCCC) and marti (CVCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

5 ch
finds
5 ch
marti

Grammar separator: finds vs marti

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: finds is averb and martianoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 5 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55528, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

finds is recorded at frequency rank #10,082, classified as averb, pronounced […]. marti is at rank #45,446, 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 55528, this pair ranks #976,078 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of finds vs marti

Shared letters: i. Private to "finds": dfns. Private to "marti": amrt.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • finds ← ffinds · fidns · findds · findss · finnds · finsd · fnids · ifnds
  • marti ← amrti · marit · marrti · martti · matri · mmarti · mrati

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "finds" and "marti" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "finds" is a verb and "marti" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "finds" or "marti" show up more?
"finds" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,082 in our German list, against #45,446 for "marti". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "finds" vs "marti" 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 "marti" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #976,078 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "finds" and "marti" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "marti 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 #976,078 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