Which to use
“rolling” and “sports” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #16,532
- “rolling” frequency rank
- #7,990
- “sports” frequency rank
- 24522
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | rolling | sports |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs roll | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs sport |
Letter map: rolling vs sports
Shared letters muted; letters that set rolling and sports apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. rolling runs 7 letters (CVCCVCC) against sports's 6 (CCVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Spelling & dictionary notes on rolling vs sports
rolling and sports are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 24522, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
rolling is recorded at frequency rank #16,532, classified as averb, pronounced […]. sports is at rank #7,990, 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 24522, this pair ranks #1,846,403 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of rolling vs sports
Shared letters: or. Private to "rolling": giln. Private to "sports": pst.
"rolling" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC · "sports" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "rolling" for "sports" ever safe?
In ordinary German text, does "rolling" or "sports" show up more?
Useful next steps
You've compared "rolling" and "sports". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "rolling" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sports" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,846,403 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "rolling" and "sports" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs rolling". 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 #1,846,403 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.