profilingvssinglesWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#30,722
“profiling” frequency rank
#3,773
“singles” frequency rank
34495
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature profiling singles
Definition Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs profile 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs single

Letter map: profiling vs singles

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

9 ch
profiling
7 ch
singles

Corpus notes: profiling and singles

profiling 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 differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 34495, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

profiling is recorded at frequency rank #30,722, 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 34495, this pair ranks #1,662,093 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of profiling vs singles

Shared letters: giln. Private to "profiling": fopr. Private to "singles": es.

"profiling" · 9 letters · shape CCVCVCVCC  ·  "singles" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • profilingporfiling · pprofiling · prfoiling · proffiling · profiilng · profilign · profilingg · profilinng
  • singlesisngles · signles · singels · singgles · singless · singlles · singlse · sinlges

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "profiling" for "singles" ever safe?
No. They differ by 2 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Which is more common, "profiling" or "singles"?
"singles" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,773 in our German list, against #30,722 for "profiling". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "profiling" 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 #1,662,093 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "profiling" and "singles" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "profiling 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 #1,662,093 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