Which to use
“reports” is a noun and “temps” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #21,038
- “reports” frequency rank
- #37,813
- “temps” frequency rank
- 58851
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | reports | temps |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Plural des Substantivs report | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs temp |
Letter map: reports vs temps
Shared letters muted; letters that set reports and temps apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. reports runs 7 letters (CVCVCCC) against temps's 5 (CVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - reports and temps
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: reports is anoun and tempsaverb. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58851, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
reports is recorded at frequency rank #21,038, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. temps is at rank #37,813, 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 58851, this pair ranks #846,907 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of reports vs temps
Shared letters: epst. Private to "reports": or. Private to "temps": m.
"reports" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCC · "temps" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "reports" and "temps" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "reports" or "temps" show up more?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "reports" and "temps".
- Full dictionary entry for "reports" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "temps" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #846,907 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "reports" and "temps" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs temps". 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 #846,907 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.