locationvsupdatesWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#13,429
“location” frequency rank
#9,475
“updates” frequency rank
22904
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature location updates
Definition Drehort 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs update

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set location and updates apart are highlighted. They share 2 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

8 ch
location
7 ch
updates

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: location is anoun and updatesaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22904, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

location is recorded at frequency rank #13,429, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. updates is at rank #9,475, 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 22904, this pair ranks #1,868,221 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of location vs updates

Shared letters: at. Private to "location": cilno. Private to "updates": depsu.

"location" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC  ·  "updates" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • locationlcoation · llocation · loaction · locaiton · locatino · locationn · locatoin · locattion
  • updatespudates · udpates · upadtes · updaets · updatess · updatse · updattes · upddates

Frequency comparison

location#13,429
updates#9,475

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "location" and "updates" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "location" is a noun and "updates" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "location" or "updates"?
"updates" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,475 in our German list, against #13,429 for "location". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering location vs updates

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

  • Check the role first: if you need a noun, it's “location”; for a verb, it's “updates”.
  • See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “location” entry
  • Browse more pairs most likely to be confused. Most confusable

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list