Which to use
“foods” is a noun and “Thompson” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #43,879
- “foods” frequency rank
- #13,250
- “Thompson” frequency rank
- 57129
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | foods | Thompson |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Plural des Substantivs food | Familienname, Nachname |
Letter map: foods vs Thompson
Shared letters muted; letters that set foods and Thompson apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. foods runs 5 letters (CVVCC) against Thompson's 8 (CCVCCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - foods and Thompson
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: foods is anoun and Thompsonaname. On the page they differ by 3 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57129, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
foods is recorded at frequency rank #43,879, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. Thompson is at rank #13,250, 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 57129, this pair ranks #913,346 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of foods vs Thompson
Shared letters: os. Private to "foods": df. Private to "Thompson": hmnpt.
"foods" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC · "Thompson" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "foods" and "Thompson" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "foods" vs "Thompson" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pair "foods" vs "Thompson" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "foods" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Thompson" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #913,346 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "foods" and "Thompson" 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 #913,346 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.