reviews vs times, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#16,812
“reviews” frequency rank: #5,431
“times” frequency rank: 22243
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	reviews	times
Definition	3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs review	Plural des Substantivs time

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set reviews and times apart are highlighted. They share 3 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

7 ch

reviews

5 ch

times

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: reviews is averb and timesanoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22243, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

reviews is recorded at frequency rank #16,812, classified as averb, 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 22243, this pair ranks #1,876,561 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of reviews vs times

Shared letters: eis. Private to "reviews": rvw. Private to "times": mt.

"reviews" · 7 letters · shape CVCVVCC · "times" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

reviews ← erviews · reivews · reveiws · reviesw · reviewss · reviewws · reviwes · revviews
times ← itmes · tiems · timess · timmes · timse · tmies · ttimes

Frequency comparison

reviews#16,812

times#5,431

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "reviews" and "times" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "reviews" is a verb and "times" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "reviews" or "times"?

"times" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,431 in our German list, against #16,812 for "reviews". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering reviews vs times

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

Check the role first: if you need a verb, it's “reviews”; for a noun, it's “times”.
See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “reviews” entry
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