memoriesvssportsWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#44,792
“memories” frequency rank
#7,990
“sports” frequency rank
52782
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature memories sports
Definition Plural des Substantivs memory 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs sport

Letter map: memories vs sports

Shared letters muted; letters that set memories and sports apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. memories runs 8 letters (CVCVCVVC) against sports's 6 (CCVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
memories
6 ch
sports

Part-of-speech tell for memories / sports

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: memories is anoun and sportsaverb. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52782, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

memories is recorded at frequency rank #44,792, 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 52782, this pair ranks #1,083,469 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of memories vs sports

Shared letters: ors. Private to "memories": eim. Private to "sports": pt.

"memories" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC  ·  "sports" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • memoriesemmories · memmories · memoires · memoreis · memoriess · memorise · memorries · memroies
  • sportspsorts · soprts · sporrts · sporst · sportss · sportts · spotrs · spports

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "memories" and "sports" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "memories" is a noun and "sports" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "memories" vs "sports" - which ranks higher?
"sports" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,990 in our German list, against #44,792 for "memories". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Pair "memories" vs "sports" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "memories" 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 #1,083,469 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "memories" and "sports" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "memories 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 #1,083,469 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