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

#39,594
“reporting” frequency rank
#3,773
“singles” frequency rank
43367
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

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

Letter map: reporting vs singles

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

9 ch
reporting
7 ch
singles

Corpus notes: reporting and singles

reporting 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 43367, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

reporting is recorded at frequency rank #39,594, 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 43367, this pair ranks #1,420,335 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of reporting vs singles

Shared letters: egin. Private to "reporting": oprt. Private to "singles": ls.

"reporting" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCC  ·  "singles" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • reportingerporting · reoprting · reporitng · reporrting · reportign · reportingg · reportinng · reportnig
  • singlesisngles · signles · singels · singgles · singless · singlles · singlse · sinlges

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "reporting" and "singles" be used interchangeably?
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.
Frequency check: "reporting" vs "singles" - which ranks higher?
"singles" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,773 in our German list, against #39,594 for "reporting". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

You've compared "reporting" and "singles". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "reporting" 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 #1,420,335 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "reporting" and "singles" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs reporting". 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 #1,420,335 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