showsvsstudioConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#8,130
“shows” frequency rank
#2,922
“studio” frequency rank
11052
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature shows studio
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs show das Studium

Letter map: shows vs studio

Shared letters muted; letters that set shows and studio apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

5 ch
shows
6 ch
studio

Role in the sentence - shows and studio

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: shows is averb and studioanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11052, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

shows is recorded at frequency rank #8,130, classified as averb, pronounced […]. studio is at rank #2,922, 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 11052, this pair ranks #1,971,942 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of shows vs studio

Shared letters: os. Private to "shows": hw. Private to "studio": ditu.

"shows" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC  ·  "studio" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • showshsows · shhows · shosw · showss · showws · shwos · sohws · sshows
  • studiosstudio · stduio · sttudio · studdio · studoi · stuido · sutdio · tsudio

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "shows" and "studio" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "shows" is a verb and "studio" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "shows" vs "studio" - which ranks higher?
"studio" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,922 in our German list, against #8,130 for "shows". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "shows" and "studio". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "shows" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "studio" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,971,942 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "shows" and "studio" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs shows". 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 #1,971,942 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