Which to use
“hits” is a verb and “office” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #7,337
- “hits” frequency rank
- #5,205
- “office” frequency rank
- 12542
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hits | office |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs hit | Arbeitsraum für Verwaltung und Planung: Büro |
Letter map: hits vs office
Shared letters muted; letters that set hits and office apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. hits runs 4 letters (CVCC) against office's 6 (VCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Grammar separator: hits vs office
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: hits is averb and officeanoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12542, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hits is recorded at frequency rank #7,337, classified as averb, pronounced […]. office is at rank #5,205, 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 12542, this pair ranks #1,963,564 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of hits vs office
Shared letters: i. Private to "hits": hst. Private to "office": cefo.
"hits" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "office" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "hits" for "office" ever safe?
Which is more common, "hits" or "office"?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "hits" and "office".
- Full dictionary entry for "hits" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "office" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,963,564 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hits" and "office" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hits 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 #1,963,564 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.