seasonvsSensorTell them apart

Which to use

“season” and “Sensor” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#11,965
“season” frequency rank
#17,409
“Sensor” frequency rank
29374
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature season Sensor
Definition Abschnitt eines Jahres mit bestimmten Wettereigenschaften und Tageslängen; Jahreszeit technischer Fühler

Where the eye mixes season and Sensor

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

6 ch
season
6 ch
Sensor

Look-alike desk: season vs Sensor

A purely visual mix-up. season ([siːzn]) and Sensor ([ˈzɛnzoːɐ̯]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29374, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

season is recorded at frequency rank #11,965, classified as anoun, pronounced [siːzn]. Sensor is at rank #17,409, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈzɛnzoːɐ̯].

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 29374, this pair ranks #1,767,978 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of season vs Sensor

Shared letters: enos. Private to "season": a. Private to "Sensor": r.

"season" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC  ·  "Sensor" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • seasonesason · saeson · seaosn · seasno · seasonn · seasson · sesaon · sseason
  • Sensoresnsor · sennsor · senosr · sensorr · sensro · senssor · sesnor · snesor

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "season" and "Sensor" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They are said differently ([siːzn] versus [ˈzɛnzoːɐ̯]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "season" or "Sensor"?
"season" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #11,965 in our German list, against #17,409 for "Sensor". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Eye-level mix-up between "season" and "Sensor" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "season" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Sensor" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,767,978 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "season" and "Sensor" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sens vs Sensor". 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 #1,767,978 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