Which to use
“finds” is a verb and “talks” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #10,082
- “finds” frequency rank
- #40,240
- “talks” frequency rank
- 50322
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | finds | talks |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs find | Plural des Substantivs talk |
Letter map: finds vs talks
Shared letters muted; letters that set finds and talks apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. finds and talks follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Part-of-speech tell for finds / talks
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: finds is averb and talksanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 4 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50322, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
finds is recorded at frequency rank #10,082, classified as averb, pronounced […]. talks is at rank #40,240, 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 50322, this pair ranks #1,178,090 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of finds vs talks
Shared letters: s. Private to "finds": dfin. Private to "talks": aklt.
"finds" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC · "talks" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Frequency check: "finds" vs "talks" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've compared "finds" and "talks". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "finds" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "talks" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,178,090 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "finds" and "talks" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs talks". 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 #1,178,090 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.