ImagevsimagesWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: Image is a noun, images is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Image” is a noun and “images” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#5,273
“Image” frequency rank
#14,328
“images” frequency rank
19601
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Image images
Definition inneres Bild, das sich Personen von einem Objekt (zum Beispiel von einem Produkt, einer Person, Gruppe oder Organisation) machen; dieses Bild wird dann oft dem Objekt zugeschrieben und beeinflusst damit dessen Ansehen 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs image

Letter map: Image vs images

Shared letters muted; letters that set Image and images apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.

5 ch
Image
6 ch
images

Part-of-speech tell for Image / images

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Image is anoun and imagesaverb. On the page they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “Image” sits inside “images”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19601, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Image is recorded at frequency rank #5,273, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈɪmɪt͡ʃ]. images is at rank #14,328, 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 19601, this pair ranks #1,906,612 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Image vs images

Shared letters: aegim. Private to "Image": -. Private to "images": s.

"Image" · 5 letters · shape VCVCV  ·  "images" · 6 letters · shape VCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Imageiamge · imaeg · imagge · imgae · immage · miage
  • imagesiamges · imaegs · imagess · imagges · imagse · imgaes · immages · miages

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Image" and "images" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Image" is a noun and "images" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "Image" vs "images" - which ranks higher?
"Image" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,273 in our German list, against #14,328 for "images". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "Image" vs "images" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Image" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "images" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,906,612 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Image" and "images" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "images 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 #1,906,612 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