Which to use
“hotels” is a noun and “sports” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #3,592
- “hotels” frequency rank
- #7,990
- “sports” frequency rank
- 11582
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hotels | sports |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Plural des Substantivs hotel | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs sport |
Letter map: hotels vs sports
Shared letters muted; letters that set hotels and sports apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. hotels (CVCVCC) and sports (CCVCCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Grammar separator: hotels vs sports
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: hotels is anoun and sportsaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 5 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11582, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hotels is recorded at frequency rank #3,592, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. sports is at rank #7,990, 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 11582, this pair ranks #1,969,091 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of hotels vs sports
Shared letters: ost. Private to "hotels": ehl. Private to "sports": pr.
"hotels" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC · "sports" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "hotels" and "sports" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "hotels" or "sports" show up more?
What to do next
Pair "hotels" vs "sports" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "hotels" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sports" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,969,091 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hotels" and "sports" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs sports". 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 #1,969,091 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.