findsvsWendyConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#10,082
“finds” frequency rank
#29,866
“Wendy” frequency rank
39948
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature finds Wendy
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs find weiblicher Vorname

Letter map: finds vs Wendy

Shared letters muted; letters that set finds and Wendy apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. finds (CVCCC) and Wendy (CVCCV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

5 ch
finds
5 ch
Wendy

Role in the sentence - finds and Wendy

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: finds is averb and Wendyaname. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39948, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

finds is recorded at frequency rank #10,082, classified as averb, pronounced […]. Wendy is at rank #29,866, tagged as aname, 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 39948, this pair ranks #1,522,343 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of finds vs Wendy

Shared letters: dn. Private to "finds": fis. Private to "Wendy": ewy.

"finds" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC  ·  "Wendy" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • findsffinds · fidns · findds · findss · finnds · finsd · fnids · ifnds
  • Wendyewndy · wedny · wenddy · wendyy · wenndy · wenyd · wnedy · wwendy

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "finds" and "Wendy" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "finds" is a verb and "Wendy" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "finds" or "Wendy" show up more?
"finds" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,082 in our German list, against #29,866 for "Wendy". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've compared "finds" and "Wendy". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "finds" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Wendy" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,522,343 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "finds" and "Wendy" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs Wendy". 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 #1,522,343 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