findsvsMediTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#10,082
“finds” frequency rank
#46,836
“Medi” frequency rank
56918
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature finds Medi
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs find September

Letter map: finds vs Medi

Shared letters muted; letters that set finds and Medi apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. finds runs 5 letters (CVCCC) against Medi's 4 (CVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
finds
4 ch
Medi

Part-of-speech tell for finds / Medi

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: finds is averb and Medianoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56918, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

finds is recorded at frequency rank #10,082, classified as averb, pronounced […]. Medi is at rank #46,836, 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 56918, this pair ranks #921,660 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of finds vs Medi

Shared letters: di. Private to "finds": fns. Private to "Medi": em.

"finds" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC  ·  "Medi" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • finds ← ffinds · fidns · findds · findss · finnds · finsd · fnids · ifnds
  • Medi ← emdi · mdei · meddi · meid · mmedi

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "finds" for "Medi" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "finds" is a verb and "Medi" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "finds" or "Medi"?
"finds" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,082 in our German list, against #46,836 for "Medi". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "finds" vs "Medi" 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 "Medi" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #921,660 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "finds" and "Medi" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Medi 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 #921,660 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