Which to use
“futures” is a noun and “shows” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #41,824
- “futures” frequency rank
- #8,130
- “shows” frequency rank
- 49954
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | futures | shows |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Plural des Substantivs future | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs show |
Letter map: futures vs shows
Shared letters muted; letters that set futures and shows apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. futures runs 7 letters (CVCVCVC) against shows's 5 (CCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for futures / shows
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: futures is anoun and showsaverb. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49954, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
futures is recorded at frequency rank #41,824, 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 49954, this pair ranks #1,192,160 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of futures vs shows
Shared letters: s. Private to "futures": efrtu. Private to "shows": how.
"futures" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "shows" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "futures" and "shows" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "futures" or "shows" show up more?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "futures" and "shows".
- Full dictionary entry for "futures" 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 #1,192,160 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "futures" and "shows" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "futures 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 #1,192,160 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.