operationsvssinglesConfusable pair

Quick tell: operations is a noun, singles is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“operations” is a noun and “singles” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#28,789
“operations” frequency rank
#3,773
“singles” frequency rank
32562
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature operations singles
Definition Plural des Substantivs operation 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs single

Letter map: operations vs singles

Shared letters muted; letters that set operations and singles apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

10 ch
operations
7 ch
singles

Grammar separator: operations vs singles

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: operations is anoun and singlesaverb. On the page they differ by 3 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32562, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

operations is recorded at frequency rank #28,789, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. singles is at rank #3,773, 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 32562, this pair ranks #1,705,015 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of operations vs singles

Shared letters: eins. Private to "operations": aoprt. Private to "singles": gl.

"operations" · 10 letters · shape VCVCVCVVCC  ·  "singles" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • operationsoeprations · opeartions · operaitons · operatinos · operationns · operationss · operatiosn · operatoins
  • singlesisngles · signles · singels · singgles · singless · singlles · singlse · sinlges

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "operations" and "singles" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "operations" is a noun and "singles" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "operations" or "singles" show up more?
"singles" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,773 in our German list, against #28,789 for "operations". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "operations" vs "singles" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "operations" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "singles" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,705,015 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "operations" and "singles" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "operations 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 #1,705,015 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