singervssingtWhat's the difference?

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

Which to use

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

#13,483
“singer” frequency rank
#4,649
“singt” frequency rank
18132
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature singer singt
Definition jemand, der singt 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs singen

Letter map: singer vs singt

Shared letters muted; letters that set singer and singt apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

6 ch
singer
5 ch
singt

Role in the sentence - singer and singt

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: singer is anoun and singtaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18132, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

singer is recorded at frequency rank #13,483, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. singt is at rank #4,649, tagged as averb, pronounced [zɪŋt].

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 18132, this pair ranks #1,921,098 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of singer vs singt

Shared letters: gins. Private to "singer": er. Private to "singt": t.

"singer" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "singt" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • singerisnger · signer · sinegr · singerr · singger · singre · sinnger · sniger
  • singtisngt · signt · singgt · singtt · sinngt · sintg · snigt · ssingt

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "singer" for "singt" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "singer" is a noun and "singt" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "singer" vs "singt" - which ranks higher?
"singt" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,649 in our German list, against #13,483 for "singer". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "singer" and "singt".

  • Full dictionary entry for "singer" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "singt" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,921,098 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "singer" and "singt" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs singer". 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 #1,921,098 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