gallovssinglesWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: gallo is a noun, singles is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“gallo” is a noun and “singles” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#44,628
“gallo” frequency rank
#3,773
“singles” frequency rank
48401
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature gallo singles
Definition der Hahn 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs single

Letter map: gallo vs singles

Shared letters muted; letters that set gallo and singles apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. gallo runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against singles's 7 (CVCCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

5 ch
gallo
7 ch
singles

Grammar separator: gallo vs singles

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: gallo is anoun and singlesaverb. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48401, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

gallo is recorded at frequency rank #44,628, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. singles is at rank #3,773, 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 48401, this pair ranks #1,249,871 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of gallo vs singles

Shared letters: gl. Private to "gallo": ao. Private to "singles": eins.

"gallo" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV  ·  "singles" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • galloagllo · galo · galol · ggallo · glalo
  • singlesisngles · signles · singels · singgles · singless · singlles · singlse · sinlges

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "gallo" for "singles" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "gallo" is a noun and "singles" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "gallo" or "singles" show up more?
"singles" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,773 in our German list, against #44,628 for "gallo". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "gallo" and "singles".

  • Full dictionary entry for "gallo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "singles" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,249,871 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "gallo" and "singles" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "gallo 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 #1,249,871 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