Which to use
“museums” and “times” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,506
- “museums” frequency rank
- #5,431
- “times” frequency rank
- 12937
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | museums | times |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Plural des Substantivs museum | Plural des Substantivs time |
Letter map: museums vs times
Shared letters muted; letters that set museums and times apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. museums runs 7 letters (CVCVVCC) against times's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Spelling & dictionary notes on museums vs times
museums and times 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 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12937, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
museums is recorded at frequency rank #7,506, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. times is at rank #5,431, 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 12937, this pair ranks #1,961,120 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of museums vs times
Shared letters: ems. Private to "museums": u. Private to "times": it.
"museums" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCC · "times" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "museums" and "times" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "museums" vs "times" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "museums" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "times" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,961,120 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "museums" and "times" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "museums 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 #1,961,120 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.