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Which to use

“googles” and “singles” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#25,158
“googles” frequency rank
#3,773
“singles” frequency rank
28931
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature googles singles
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs google 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs single

Letter map: googles vs singles

Shared letters muted; letters that set googles and singles apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. googles (CVVCCVC) and singles (CVCCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

7 ch
googles
7 ch
singles

Spelling & dictionary notes on googles vs singles

googles and singles are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28931, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

googles is recorded at frequency rank #25,158, classified as averb, 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 28931, this pair ranks #1,775,991 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of googles vs singles

Shared letters: egls. Private to "googles": o. Private to "singles": in.

"googles" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC  ·  "singles" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • googlesggoogles · gogles · gogoles · googels · googgles · googless · googlles · googlse
  • singlesisngles · signles · singels · singgles · singless · singlles · singlse · sinlges

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "googles" and "singles" be used interchangeably?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
In ordinary German text, does "googles" 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 #25,158 for "googles". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "googles" 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 #1,775,991 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "googles" and "singles" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "googles 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 #1,775,991 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