settingvstermineWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#22,890
“setting” frequency rank
#4,469
“termine” frequency rank
27359
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature setting termine
Definition Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs set der Termin

Letter map: setting vs termine

Shared letters muted; letters that set setting and termine apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

7 ch
setting
7 ch
termine

Role in the sentence - setting and termine

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: setting is averb and termineanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 4 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27359, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

setting is recorded at frequency rank #22,890, classified as averb, pronounced […]. termine is at rank #4,469, 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 27359, this pair ranks #1,803,041 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of setting vs termine

Shared letters: eint. Private to "setting": gs. Private to "termine": mr.

"setting" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC  ·  "termine" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • settingestting · seting · setitng · settign · settingg · settinng · settnig · ssetting
  • termineetrmine · temrine · terimne · termien · terminne · termmine · termnie · terrmine

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "setting" and "termine" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "setting" is a verb and "termine" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "setting" or "termine" show up more?
"termine" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,469 in our German list, against #22,890 for "setting". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "setting" and "termine". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "setting" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "termine" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,803,041 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "setting" and "termine" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs setting". 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 #1,803,041 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