princessvstestsWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#23,666
“princess” frequency rank
#3,854
“tests” frequency rank
27520
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature princess tests
Definition ein weibliches Mitglied der königlichen Familie; Prinzessin, die Königstochter Plural des Substantivs test

Letter map: princess vs tests

Shared letters muted; letters that set princess and tests apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

8 ch
princess
5 ch
tests

Pair insight - princess / tests

princess and tests 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 3 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27520, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

princess is recorded at frequency rank #23,666, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. tests is at rank #3,854, tagged as anoun, 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 27520, this pair ranks #1,800,448 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of princess vs tests

Shared letters: es. Private to "princess": cinpr. Private to "tests": t.

"princess" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCVCC  ·  "tests" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • princesspirncess · pprincess · pricness · princcess · princes · princeß · princses · prinecss
  • testsetsts · tessts · testss · testts · tetss · ttests

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "princess" and "tests" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They differ by 3 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: "princess" vs "tests" - which ranks higher?
"tests" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,854 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.

Useful next steps

You've compared "princess" and "tests". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "princess" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "tests" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,800,448 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "princess" and "tests" 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 #1,800,448 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