Which to use
“mountains” and “skills” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #30,691
- “mountains” frequency rank
- #16,548
- “skills” frequency rank
- 47239
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mountains | skills |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Plural des Substantivs mountain | Plural des Substantivs skill |
Letter map: mountains vs skills
Shared letters muted; letters that set mountains and skills apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. mountains runs 9 letters (CVVCCVVCC) against skills's 6 (CCVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Corpus notes: mountains and skills
mountains and skills are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 3 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47239, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mountains is recorded at frequency rank #30,691, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. skills is at rank #16,548, 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 47239, this pair ranks #1,291,382 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of mountains vs skills
Shared letters: is. Private to "mountains": amnotu. Private to "skills": kl.
"mountains" · 9 letters · shape CVVCCVVCC · "skills" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "mountains" for "skills" ever safe?
Frequency check: "mountains" vs "skills" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "mountains" and "skills".
- Full dictionary entry for "mountains" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "skills" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,291,382 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mountains" and "skills" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "mountains 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 #1,291,382 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.