findsvspoweredConfusable pair

Which to use

“finds” and “powered” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#10,082
“finds” frequency rank
#38,951
“powered” frequency rank
49033
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature finds powered
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs find Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs power

Letter map: finds vs powered

Shared letters muted; letters that set finds and powered apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. finds runs 5 letters (CVCCC) against powered's 7 (CVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
finds
7 ch
powered

Corpus notes: finds and powered

finds and powered are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49033, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

finds is recorded at frequency rank #10,082, classified as averb, pronounced […]. powered is at rank #38,951, tagged as averb, 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 49033, this pair ranks #1,226,532 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of finds vs powered

Shared letters: d. Private to "finds": fins. Private to "powered": eoprw.

"finds" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC  ·  "powered" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • findsffinds · fidns · findds · findss · finnds · finsd · fnids · ifnds
  • poweredopwered · poewred · poweerd · powerde · poweredd · powerred · powreed · powwered

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "finds" and "powered" be used interchangeably?
No. They differ by 2 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Which is more common, "finds" or "powered"?
"finds" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,082 in our German list, against #38,951 for "powered". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "finds" and "powered".

  • Full dictionary entry for "finds" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "powered" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,226,532 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "finds" and "powered" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "powered 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 #1,226,532 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