fingersvslabelsWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“fingers” and “labels” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#35,771
“fingers” frequency rank
#17,640
“labels” frequency rank
53411
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature fingers labels
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs finger 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs label

Letter map: fingers vs labels

Shared letters muted; letters that set fingers and labels apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. fingers runs 7 letters (CVCCVCC) against labels's 6 (CVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
fingers
6 ch
labels

Pair insight - fingers / labels

fingers and labels are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53411, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

fingers is recorded at frequency rank #35,771, classified as averb, pronounced […]. labels is at rank #17,640, tagged as averb, 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 53411, this pair ranks #1,059,068 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of fingers vs labels

Shared letters: es. Private to "fingers": fginr. Private to "labels": abl.

"fingers" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC  ·  "labels" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • fingersffingers · figners · finegrs · fingerrs · fingerss · fingesr · finggers · fingres
  • labelsalbels · labbels · labells · labelss · labesl · lables · laebls · lbaels

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "fingers" and "labels" be used interchangeably?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "fingers" vs "labels" - which ranks higher?
"labels" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #17,640 in our German list, against #35,771 for "fingers". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've compared "fingers" and "labels". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "fingers" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "labels" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,059,068 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "fingers" and "labels" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "fingers vs puzzles". 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 #1,059,068 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