questionsvstermineWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#36,570
“questions” frequency rank
#4,469
“termine” frequency rank
41039
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature questions termine
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs question der Termin

Letter map: questions vs termine

Shared letters muted; letters that set questions and termine apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

9 ch
questions
7 ch
termine

Grammar separator: questions vs termine

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: questions is averb and termineanoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41039, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

questions is recorded at frequency rank #36,570, classified as averb, pronounced […]. termine is at rank #4,469, 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 41039, this pair ranks #1,491,096 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of questions vs termine

Shared letters: eint. Private to "questions": oqsu. Private to "termine": mr.

"questions" · 9 letters · shape CVVCCVVCC  ·  "termine" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • questionsqeustions · qquestions · quesitons · quesstions · questinos · questionns · questionss · questiosn
  • termineetrmine · temrine · terimne · termien · terminne · termmine · termnie · terrmine

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "questions" and "termine" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "questions" is a verb and "termine" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "questions" or "termine"?
"termine" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,469 in our German list, against #36,570 for "questions". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've compared "questions" and "termine". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "questions" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "termine" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,491,096 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "questions" and "termine" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs questions". 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 #1,491,096 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