rogersvstopsWhich spelling fits?

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

Which to use

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

#18,676
“rogers” frequency rank
#31,825
“tops” frequency rank
50501
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature rogers tops
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs roger Plural des Substantivs top

Letter map: rogers vs tops

Shared letters muted; letters that set rogers and tops apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. rogers runs 6 letters (CVCVCC) against tops's 4 (CVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
rogers
4 ch
tops

Role in the sentence - rogers and tops

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: rogers is averb and topsanoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50501, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

rogers is recorded at frequency rank #18,676, classified as averb, pronounced […]. tops is at rank #31,825, 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 50501, this pair ranks #1,171,307 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of rogers vs tops

Shared letters: os. Private to "rogers": egr. Private to "tops": pt.

"rogers" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC  ·  "tops" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • rogersorgers · rgoers · roegrs · rogerrs · rogerss · rogesr · roggers · rogres
  • topsotps · topps · topss · tosp · tpos · ttops

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "rogers" and "tops" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "rogers" is a verb and "tops" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "rogers" or "tops" show up more?
"rogers" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #18,676 in our German list, against #31,825 for "tops". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "rogers" and "tops". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "rogers" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "tops" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,171,307 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "rogers" and "tops" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs tops". 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 #1,171,307 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