Which to use
“rolling” is a verb and “unions” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #16,532
- “rolling” frequency rank
- #30,823
- “unions” frequency rank
- 47355
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | rolling | unions |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs roll | Plural des Substantivs union |
Letter map: rolling vs unions
Shared letters muted; letters that set rolling and unions apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. rolling runs 7 letters (CVCCVCC) against unions's 6 (VCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - rolling and unions
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: rolling is averb and unionsanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47355, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
rolling is recorded at frequency rank #16,532, classified as averb, pronounced […]. unions is at rank #30,823, 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 47355, this pair ranks #1,287,169 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of rolling vs unions
Shared letters: ino. Private to "rolling": glr. Private to "unions": su.
"rolling" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC · "unions" · 6 letters · shape VCVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "rolling" and "unions" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "rolling" vs "unions" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "rolling" and "unions".
- Full dictionary entry for "rolling" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "unions" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,287,169 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "rolling" and "unions" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs unions". 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 #1,287,169 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.