rollingvssavasWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: rolling is a verb, savas is an unknown, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“rolling” is a verb and “savas” is an unknown - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#16,532
“rolling” frequency rank
#43,459
“savas” frequency rank
59991
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature rolling savas
Definition Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs roll Genitiv Singular des Pronomens sava „eigene“

Letter map: rolling vs savas

Shared letters muted; letters that set rolling and savas apart highlighted. No shared letter run. rolling runs 7 letters (CVCCVCC) against savas's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
rolling
5 ch
savas

Grammar separator: rolling vs savas

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: rolling is averb and savasanunknown. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59991, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

rolling is recorded at frequency rank #16,532, classified as averb, pronounced […]. savas is at rank #43,459, tagged as anunknown, 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 59991, this pair ranks #803,693 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of rolling vs savas

Shared letters: none. Private to "rolling": gilnor. Private to "savas": asv.

"rolling" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC  ·  "savas" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • rollingorlling · rloling · rolilng · roling · rollign · rollingg · rollinng · rollnig
  • savasasvas · saavs · savass · savsa · savvas · ssavas · svaas

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "rolling" and "savas" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "rolling" is a verb and "savas" an unknown, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "rolling" or "savas" show up more?
"rolling" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,532 in our German list, against #43,459 for "savas". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "rolling" vs "savas" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "rolling" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "savas" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #803,693 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "rolling" and "savas" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs savas". 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 #803,693 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