Which to use
“monkey” is a noun and “shows” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #29,246
- “monkey” frequency rank
- #8,130
- “shows” frequency rank
- 37376
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | monkey | shows |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | der Affe | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs show |
Letter map: monkey vs shows
Shared letters muted; letters that set monkey and shows apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. monkey runs 6 letters (CVCCVV) against shows's 5 (CCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for monkey / shows
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: monkey is anoun and showsaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37376, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
monkey is recorded at frequency rank #29,246, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. shows is at rank #8,130, 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 37376, this pair ranks #1,591,857 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of monkey vs shows
Shared letters: o. Private to "monkey": ekmny. Private to "shows": hsw.
"monkey" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "shows" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "monkey" and "shows" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary German text, does "monkey" or "shows" show up more?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "monkey" and "shows".
- Full dictionary entry for "monkey" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "shows" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,591,857 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "monkey" and "shows" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "monkey 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 #1,591,857 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.