groupsvssingerTell them apart

Which to use

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

#38,155
“groups” frequency rank
#13,483
“singer” frequency rank
51638
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature groups singer
Definition Plural des Substantivs group jemand, der singt

Letter map: groups vs singer

Shared letters muted; letters that set groups and singer apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. groups (CCVVCC) and singer (CVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

6 ch
groups
6 ch
singer

Corpus notes: groups and singer

groups and singer 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 6 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51638, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

groups is recorded at frequency rank #38,155, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. singer is at rank #13,483, tagged as anoun, 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 51638, this pair ranks #1,127,928 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of groups vs singer

Shared letters: grs. Private to "groups": opu. Private to "singer": ein.

"groups" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCC  ·  "singer" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • groups ← ggroups · gorups · gropus · groupps · groupss · grousp · grroups · gruops
  • singer ← isnger · signer · sinegr · singerr · singger · singre · sinnger · sniger

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "groups" for "singer" ever safe?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 6 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "groups" vs "singer" - which ranks higher?
"singer" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,483 in our German list, against #38,155 for "groups". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've compared "groups" and "singer". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "groups" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "singer" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,127,928 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "groups" and "singer" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "groups 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 #1,127,928 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