Which to use
“pins” is a noun and “pries” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #36,553
- “pins” frequency rank
- #44,147
- “pries” frequency rank
- 80700
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pins | pries |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Plural des Substantivs pin | 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs preisen |
Letter map: pins vs pries
Shared letters muted; letters that set pins and pries apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. pins runs 4 letters (CVCC) against pries's 5 (CCVVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for pins / pries
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: pins is anoun and priesaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 80700, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pins is recorded at frequency rank #36,553, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. pries is at rank #44,147, tagged as averb, pronounced [pʁiːs].
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 80700, this pair ranks #190,283 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of pins vs pries
Shared letters: ips. Private to "pins": n. Private to "pries": er.
"pins" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "pries" · 5 letters · shape CCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "pins" and "pries" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary German text, does "pins" or "pries" show up more?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "pins" and "pries".
- Full dictionary entry for "pins" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pries" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #190,283 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pins" and "pries" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pries vs pros". 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 #190,283 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.