findsvstalksWhich spelling fits?

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

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.

5 ch
finds
5 ch
talks

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

  • findsffinds · fidns · findds · findss · finnds · finsd · fnids · ifnds
  • talksatlks · takls · talkks · talkss · tallks · talsk · tlaks · ttalks

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "finds" for "talks" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "finds" is a verb and "talks" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "finds" vs "talks" - which ranks higher?
"finds" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,082 in our German list, against #40,240 for "talks". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list