SieversvssinglesTell them apart

Quick tell: Sievers is a name, singles is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Sievers” is a name and “singles” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#39,630
“Sievers” frequency rank
#3,773
“singles” frequency rank
43403
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Sievers singles
Definition deutschsprachiger Nachname, Familienname 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs single

Letter map: Sievers vs singles

Shared letters muted; letters that set Sievers and singles apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

7 ch
Sievers
7 ch
singles

Grammar separator: Sievers vs singles

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Sievers is aname and singlesaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 4 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43403, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Sievers is recorded at frequency rank #39,630, classified as aname, pronounced […]. singles is at rank #3,773, tagged as averb, 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 43403, this pair ranks #1,419,245 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Sievers vs singles

Shared letters: eis. Private to "Sievers": rv. Private to "singles": gln.

"Sievers" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCC  ·  "singles" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Sieversisevers · seivers · sieevrs · sieverrs · sieverss · sievesr · sievres · sievvers
  • singlesisngles · signles · singels · singgles · singless · singlles · singlse · sinlges

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Sievers" and "singles" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Sievers" is a name and "singles" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "Sievers" vs "singles" - which ranks higher?
"singles" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,773 in our German list, against #39,630 for "Sievers". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

You've compared "Sievers" and "singles". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Sievers" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "singles" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,419,245 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Sievers" and "singles" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs Sievers". 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 #1,419,245 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