findsvsWulfTell them apart

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

Which to use

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

#10,082
“finds” frequency rank
#28,025
“Wulf” frequency rank
38107
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature finds Wulf
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs find Wolf

Letter map: finds vs Wulf

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

5 ch
finds
4 ch
Wulf

Part-of-speech tell for finds / Wulf

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: finds is averb and Wulfanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38107, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

finds is recorded at frequency rank #10,082, classified as averb, pronounced […]. Wulf is at rank #28,025, 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 38107, this pair ranks #1,572,590 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of finds vs Wulf

Shared letters: f. Private to "finds": dins. Private to "Wulf": luw.

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

Known mistypes of this pair

  • findsffinds · fidns · findds · findss · finnds · finsd · fnids · ifnds
  • Wulfuwlf · wluf · wufl · wullf · wwulf

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "finds" for "Wulf" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "finds" is a verb and "Wulf" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "finds" or "Wulf"?
"finds" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #10,082 in our German list, against #28,025 for "Wulf". 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 "Wulf".

  • Full dictionary entry for "finds" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Wulf" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,572,590 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "finds" and "Wulf" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs Wulf". 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 #1,572,590 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