princessvssinglesWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#23,666
“princess” frequency rank
#3,773
“singles” frequency rank
27439
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature princess singles
Definition ein weibliches Mitglied der königlichen Familie; Prinzessin, die Königstochter 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs single

Letter map: princess vs singles

Shared letters muted; letters that set princess and singles apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

8 ch
princess
7 ch
singles

Role in the sentence - princess and singles

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: princess is anoun and singlesaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27439, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

princess is recorded at frequency rank #23,666, 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 27439, this pair ranks #1,801,774 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of princess vs singles

Shared letters: eins. Private to "princess": cpr. Private to "singles": gl.

"princess" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCVCC  ·  "singles" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • princesspirncess · pprincess · pricness · princcess · princes · princeß · princses · prinecss
  • singlesisngles · signles · singels · singgles · singless · singlles · singlse · sinlges

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "princess" and "singles" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "princess" is a noun and "singles" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "princess" 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 #23,666 for "princess". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "princess" 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 #1,801,774 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "princess" and "singles" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "princess 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 #1,801,774 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