memoriesvsThompsonWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#44,792
“memories” frequency rank
#13,250
“Thompson” frequency rank
58042
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature memories Thompson
Definition Plural des Substantivs memory Familienname, Nachname

Letter map: memories vs Thompson

Shared letters muted; letters that set memories and Thompson apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. memories (CVCVCVVC) and Thompson (CCVCCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

8 ch
memories
8 ch
Thompson

Part-of-speech tell for memories / Thompson

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: memories is anoun and Thompsonaname. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 8 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58042, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

memories is recorded at frequency rank #44,792, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. Thompson is at rank #13,250, tagged as aname, 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 58042, this pair ranks #878,020 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of memories vs Thompson

Shared letters: mos. Private to "memories": eir. Private to "Thompson": hnpt.

"memories" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC  ·  "Thompson" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • memories ← emmories · memmories · memoires · memoreis · memoriess · memorise · memorries · memroies
  • Thompson ← htompson · thhompson · thmopson · thommpson · thomposn · thomppson · thompsno · thompsonn

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "memories" for "Thompson" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "memories" is a noun and "Thompson" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "memories" or "Thompson" show up more?
"Thompson" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,250 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.

What to do next

Pair "memories" vs "Thompson" 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 "Thompson" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #878,020 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "memories" and "Thompson" 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 #878,020 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