reviewsvssolutionsWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#16,812
“reviews” frequency rank
#24,130
“solutions” frequency rank
40942
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature reviews solutions
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs review Plural des Substantivs solution

Letter map: reviews vs solutions

Shared letters muted; letters that set reviews and solutions apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. reviews runs 7 letters (CVCVVCC) against solutions's 9 (CVCVCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
reviews
9 ch
solutions

Part-of-speech tell for reviews / solutions

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: reviews is averb and solutionsanoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40942, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

reviews is recorded at frequency rank #16,812, classified as averb, pronounced […]. solutions is at rank #24,130, 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 40942, this pair ranks #1,493,889 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of reviews vs solutions

Shared letters: is. Private to "reviews": ervw. Private to "solutions": lnotu.

"reviews" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCC  ·  "solutions" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • reviewserviews · reivews · reveiws · reviesw · reviewss · reviewws · reviwes · revviews
  • solutionsoslutions · sloutions · sollutions · soltuions · soluitons · solutinos · solutionns · solutionss

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "reviews" and "solutions" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "reviews" is a verb and "solutions" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "reviews" or "solutions"?
"reviews" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,812 in our German list, against #24,130 for "solutions". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "reviews" vs "solutions" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "reviews" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "solutions" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,493,889 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "reviews" and "solutions" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs solutions". 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 #1,493,889 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