Which to use
“looking” is a verb and “tests” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #27,829
- “looking” frequency rank
- #3,854
- “tests” frequency rank
- 31683
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | looking | tests |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs look | Plural des Substantivs test |
Letter map: looking vs tests
Shared letters muted; letters that set looking and tests apart highlighted. No shared letter run.
Grammar separator: looking vs tests
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: looking is averb and testsanoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31683, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
looking is recorded at frequency rank #27,829, classified as averb, pronounced […]. tests is at rank #3,854, 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 31683, this pair ranks #1,723,215 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of looking vs tests
Shared letters: none. Private to "looking": giklno. Private to "tests": est.
"looking" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCC · "tests" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "looking" and "tests" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "looking" vs "tests" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "looking" and "tests".
- Full dictionary entry for "looking" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tests" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,723,215 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "looking" and "tests" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "looking 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 #1,723,215 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.