productionsvssinglesConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#49,172
“productions” frequency rank
#3,773
“singles” frequency rank
52945
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature productions singles
Definition Plural des Substantivs production 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs single

Letter map: productions vs singles

Shared letters muted; letters that set productions and singles apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

11 ch
productions
7 ch
singles

Grammar separator: productions vs singles

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: productions is anoun and singlesaverb. On the page they differ by 4 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52945, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

productions is recorded at frequency rank #49,172, 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 52945, this pair ranks #1,077,127 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of productions vs singles

Shared letters: ins. Private to "productions": cdoprtu. Private to "singles": egl.

"productions" · 11 letters · shape CCVCVCCVVCC  ·  "singles" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • productionsporductions · pproductions · prdouctions · prodcutions · prodductions · producctions · producitons · productinos
  • singlesisngles · signles · singels · singgles · singless · singlles · singlse · sinlges

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "productions" and "singles" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "productions" is a noun and "singles" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "productions" or "singles" show up more?
"singles" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,773 in our German list, against #49,172 for "productions". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "productions" 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 #1,077,127 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "productions" and "singles" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "productions 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 #1,077,127 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