Which to use
“shows” is a verb and “user” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #8,130
- “shows” frequency rank
- #2,693
- “user” frequency rank
- 10823
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | shows | user |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs show | Benutzer |
Letter map: shows vs user
Shared letters muted; letters that set shows and user apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.
Part-of-speech tell for shows / user
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: shows is averb and useranoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10823, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
shows is recorded at frequency rank #8,130, classified as averb, pronounced […]. user is at rank #2,693, 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 10823, this pair ranks #1,973,140 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of shows vs user
Shared letters: s. Private to "shows": how. Private to "user": eru.
"shows" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC · "user" · 4 letters · shape VCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "shows" and "user" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "shows" or "user"?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "shows" and "user".
- Full dictionary entry for "shows" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "user" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,973,140 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "shows" and "user" 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 #1,973,140 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.