Which to use
“Lucas” is a name and “times” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #7,205
- “Lucas” frequency rank
- #5,431
- “times” frequency rank
- 12636
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Lucas | times |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | englischer männlicher Vorname | Plural des Substantivs time |
Letter map: Lucas vs times
Shared letters muted; letters that set Lucas and times apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. Lucas and times follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Role in the sentence - Lucas and times
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Lucas is aname and timesanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 4 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12636, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Lucas is recorded at frequency rank #7,205, classified as aname, pronounced […]. times is at rank #5,431, 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 12636, this pair ranks #1,962,972 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Lucas vs times
Shared letters: s. Private to "Lucas": aclu. Private to "times": eimt.
"Lucas" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "times" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Lucas" for "times" ever safe?
Frequency check: "Lucas" vs "times" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Lucas" and "times".
- Full dictionary entry for "Lucas" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "times" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,962,972 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Lucas" and "times" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Lucas 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 #1,962,972 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.