Which to use
“foods” is a noun and “shows” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #43,879
- “foods” frequency rank
- #8,130
- “shows” frequency rank
- 52009
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | foods | shows |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Plural des Substantivs food | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs show |
Letter map: foods vs shows
Shared letters muted; letters that set foods and shows apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. foods (CVVCC) and shows (CCVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Grammar separator: foods vs shows
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: foods is anoun and showsaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52009, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
foods is recorded at frequency rank #43,879, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. shows is at rank #8,130, 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 52009, this pair ranks #1,113,448 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of foods vs shows
Shared letters: os. Private to "foods": df. Private to "shows": hw.
"foods" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC · "shows" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "foods" and "shows" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "foods" vs "shows" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
You've compared "foods" and "shows". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "foods" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "shows" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,113,448 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "foods" and "shows" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "foods 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 #1,113,448 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.