GordonvsheartsWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: Gordon is a name, hearts is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Gordon” is a name and “hearts” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#8,568
“Gordon” frequency rank
#27,341
“hearts” frequency rank
35909
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Gordon hearts
Definition englischer männlicher Vorname 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs heart

Letter map: Gordon vs hearts

Shared letters muted; letters that set Gordon and hearts apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. Gordon (CVCCVC) and hearts (CVVCCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

6 ch
Gordon
6 ch
hearts

Role in the sentence - Gordon and hearts

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Gordon is aname and heartsaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 6 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35909, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Gordon is recorded at frequency rank #8,568, classified as aname, pronounced […]. hearts is at rank #27,341, 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 35909, this pair ranks #1,628,555 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Gordon vs hearts

Shared letters: r. Private to "Gordon": dgno. Private to "hearts": aehst.

"Gordon" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "hearts" · 6 letters · shape CVVCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Gordonggordon · godron · gorddon · gordno · gordonn · gorodn · gorrdon · grodon
  • heartseharts · haerts · hearrts · hearst · heartss · heartts · heatrs · herats

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Gordon" for "hearts" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Gordon" is a name and "hearts" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "Gordon" vs "hearts" - which ranks higher?
"Gordon" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #8,568 in our German list, against #27,341 for "hearts". 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 "Gordon" and "hearts".

  • Full dictionary entry for "Gordon" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "hearts" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,628,555 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Gordon" and "hearts" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hearts 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 #1,628,555 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