findsvstelefaxConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#10,082
“finds” frequency rank
#45,620
“telefax” frequency rank
55702
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature finds telefax
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs find Telefax

Letter map: finds vs telefax

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

5 ch
finds
7 ch
telefax

Part-of-speech tell for finds / telefax

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: finds is averb and telefaxanoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55702, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

finds is recorded at frequency rank #10,082, classified as averb, pronounced […]. telefax is at rank #45,620, 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 55702, this pair ranks #969,213 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of finds vs telefax

Shared letters: f. Private to "finds": dins. Private to "telefax": aeltx.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • finds ← ffinds · fidns · findds · findss · finnds · finsd · fnids · ifnds
  • telefax ← etlefax · teelfax · teleafx · telefaxx · teleffax · telefxa · telfeax · tellefax

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "finds" and "telefax" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "finds" is a verb and "telefax" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "finds" or "telefax" show up more?
"finds" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,082 in our German list, against #45,620 for "telefax". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "finds" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "telefax" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #969,213 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "finds" and "telefax" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs telefax". 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 #969,213 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