findsvstungWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: finds is a verb, tung is an adjective, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#10,082
“finds” frequency rank
#40,899
“tung” frequency rank
50981
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature finds tung
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs find von Gewicht, sowohl rein körperlich als auch übertragen; schwer

Letter map: finds vs tung

Shared letters muted; letters that set finds and tung apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. finds runs 5 letters (CVCCC) against tung's 4 (CVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
finds
4 ch
tung

Part-of-speech tell for finds / tung

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: finds is averb and tunganadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50981, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

finds is recorded at frequency rank #10,082, classified as averb, pronounced […]. tung is at rank #40,899, tagged as anadj, 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 50981, this pair ranks #1,153,048 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of finds vs tung

Shared letters: n. Private to "finds": dfis. Private to "tung": gtu.

"finds" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC  ·  "tung" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • findsffinds · fidns · findds · findss · finnds · finsd · fnids · ifnds
  • tungtnug · ttung · tugn · tungg · tunng · utng

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "finds" for "tung" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "finds" is a verb and "tung" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "finds" or "tung"?
"finds" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,082 in our German list, against #40,899 for "tung". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "finds" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "tung" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,153,048 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "finds" and "tung" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs tung". 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 #1,153,048 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