Which to use
“Ralph” is a name and “times” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #7,801
- “Ralph” frequency rank
- #5,431
- “times” frequency rank
- 13232
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Ralph | times |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | englischer männlicher Vorname | Plural des Substantivs time |
Letter map: Ralph vs times
Shared letters muted; letters that set Ralph and times apart highlighted. No shared letter run. Ralph (CVCCC) and times (CVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Grammar separator: Ralph vs times
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Ralph is aname and timesanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 5 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13232, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Ralph is recorded at frequency rank #7,801, classified as aname, pronounced […]. times is at rank #5,431, 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 13232, this pair ranks #1,959,263 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of Ralph vs times
Shared letters: none. Private to "Ralph": ahlpr. Private to "times": eimst.
"Ralph" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC · "times" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
You've compared "Ralph" and "times". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "Ralph" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "times" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,959,263 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Ralph" and "times" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs Ralph". 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 #1,959,263 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.