findsvssniperWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#10,082
“finds” frequency rank
#45,588
“sniper” frequency rank
55670
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature finds sniper
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs find der Scharfschütze, der Heckenschütze

Letter map: finds vs sniper

Shared letters muted; letters that set finds and sniper apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. finds runs 5 letters (CVCCC) against sniper's 6 (CCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
finds
6 ch
sniper

Role in the sentence - finds and sniper

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: finds is averb and sniperanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55670, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

finds is recorded at frequency rank #10,082, classified as averb, pronounced […]. sniper is at rank #45,588, 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 55670, this pair ranks #970,497 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of finds vs sniper

Shared letters: ins. Private to "finds": df. Private to "sniper": epr.

"finds" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC  ·  "sniper" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • finds ← ffinds · fidns · findds · findss · finnds · finsd · fnids · ifnds
  • sniper ← nsiper · sinper · sniepr · sniperr · snipper · snipre · snniper · snpier

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "finds" for "sniper" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "finds" is a verb and "sniper" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "finds" or "sniper" show up more?
"finds" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,082 in our German list, against #45,588 for "sniper". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "finds" vs "sniper" 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 "sniper" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #970,497 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "finds" and "sniper" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs sniper". 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 #970,497 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