findsvspatriotsConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#10,082
“finds” frequency rank
#46,904
“patriots” frequency rank
56986
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature finds patriots
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs find Plural des Substantivs patriot

Letter map: finds vs patriots

Shared letters muted; letters that set finds and patriots apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. finds runs 5 letters (CVCCC) against patriots's 8 (CVCCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
finds
8 ch
patriots

Role in the sentence - finds and patriots

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: finds is averb and patriotsanoun. On the page they differ by 3 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56986, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

finds is recorded at frequency rank #10,082, classified as averb, pronounced […]. patriots is at rank #46,904, 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 56986, this pair ranks #919,005 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of finds vs patriots

Shared letters: is. Private to "finds": dfn. Private to "patriots": aoprt.

"finds" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC  ·  "patriots" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • finds ← ffinds · fidns · findds · findss · finnds · finsd · fnids · ifnds
  • patriots ← aptriots · partiots · patirots · patriost · patriotss · patriotts · patritos · patroits

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "finds" for "patriots" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "finds" is a verb and "patriots" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "finds" vs "patriots" - which ranks higher?
"finds" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,082 in our German list, against #46,904 for "patriots". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "finds" vs "patriots" 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 "patriots" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #919,005 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "finds" and "patriots" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "patriots 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 #919,005 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