ordersvspoweredWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“orders” and “powered” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#49,941
“orders” frequency rank
#38,951
“powered” frequency rank
88892
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature orders powered
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs order Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs power

Letter map: orders vs powered

Shared letters muted; letters that set orders and powered apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

6 ch
orders
7 ch
powered

Pair insight - orders / powered

orders and powered 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 88892, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

orders is recorded at frequency rank #49,941, classified as averb, pronounced […]. powered is at rank #38,951, 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 88892, this pair ranks #63,318 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of orders vs powered

Shared letters: deor. Private to "orders": s. Private to "powered": pw.

"orders" · 6 letters · shape VCCVCC  ·  "powered" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • ordersodrers · ordders · orderrs · orderss · ordesr · ordres · oredrs · orrders
  • poweredopwered · poewred · poweerd · powerde · poweredd · powerred · powreed · powwered

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "orders" for "powered" ever safe?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "orders" vs "powered" - which ranks higher?
"powered" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #38,951 in our German list, against #49,941 for "orders". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "orders" vs "powered" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "orders" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "powered" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #63,318 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "orders" and "powered" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "orders 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 #63,318 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