Which to use
“monkey” is a noun and “updates” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #29,246
- “monkey” frequency rank
- #9,475
- “updates” frequency rank
- 38721
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | monkey | updates |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | der Affe | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs update |
Letter map: monkey vs updates
Shared letters muted; letters that set monkey and updates apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. monkey runs 6 letters (CVCCVV) against updates's 7 (VCCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for monkey / updates
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: monkey is anoun and updatesaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38721, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
monkey is recorded at frequency rank #29,246, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. updates is at rank #9,475, 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 38721, this pair ranks #1,556,373 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of monkey vs updates
Shared letters: e. Private to "monkey": kmnoy. Private to "updates": adpstu.
"monkey" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV · "updates" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "monkey" and "updates" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "monkey" or "updates"?
After this comparison
You've compared "monkey" and "updates". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "monkey" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "updates" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,556,373 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "monkey" and "updates" 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 #1,556,373 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.