Which to use
“fingers” is a verb and “their” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #35,771
- “fingers” frequency rank
- #11,131
- “their” frequency rank
- 46902
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | fingers | their |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs finger | ihr |
Letter map: fingers vs their
Shared letters muted; letters that set fingers and their apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. fingers runs 7 letters (CVCCVCC) against their's 5 (CCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for fingers / their
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: fingers is averb and theirapronoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46902, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
fingers is recorded at frequency rank #35,771, classified as averb, pronounced […]. their is at rank #11,131, tagged as apron, 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 46902, this pair ranks #1,303,054 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of fingers vs their
Shared letters: eir. Private to "fingers": fgns. Private to "their": ht.
"fingers" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC · "their" · 5 letters · shape CCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "fingers" and "their" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "fingers" vs "their" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "fingers" and "their".
- Full dictionary entry for "fingers" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "their" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,303,054 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "fingers" and "their" 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 #1,303,054 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.