poweredvssinglesConfusable pair

Which to use

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

#38,951
“powered” frequency rank
#3,773
“singles” frequency rank
42724
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

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

Letter map: powered vs singles

Shared letters muted; letters that set powered and singles apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

7 ch
powered
7 ch
singles

Spelling & dictionary notes on powered vs singles

powered and singles 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 share most of their letters but differ in 6 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42724, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

powered is recorded at frequency rank #38,951, classified as averb, 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 42724, this pair ranks #1,440,530 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of powered vs singles

Shared letters: e. Private to "powered": doprw. Private to "singles": gilns.

"powered" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC  ·  "singles" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • poweredopwered · poewred · poweerd · powerde · poweredd · powerred · powreed · powwered
  • singlesisngles · signles · singels · singgles · singless · singlles · singlse · sinlges

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "powered" for "singles" ever safe?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 6 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "powered" vs "singles" - which ranks higher?
"singles" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,773 in our German list, against #38,951 for "powered". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "powered" 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 #1,440,530 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "powered" and "singles" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "powered 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 #1,440,530 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