singervsSpinnerWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“singer” and “Spinner” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#13,483
“singer” frequency rank
#9,097
“Spinner” frequency rank
22580
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature singer Spinner
Definition jemand, der singt Person, die das Spinnen betreibt, in einer Spinnerei arbeitet, Garn herstellt

Letter map: singer vs Spinner

Shared letters muted; letters that set singer and Spinner apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.

6 ch
singer
7 ch
Spinner

Spelling & dictionary notes on singer vs Spinner

singer and Spinner are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22580, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

singer is recorded at frequency rank #13,483, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. Spinner is at rank #9,097, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈʃpɪnɐ].

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 22580, this pair ranks #1,872,443 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of singer vs Spinner

Shared letters: einrs. Private to "singer": g. Private to "Spinner": p.

"singer" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "Spinner" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • singerisnger · signer · sinegr · singerr · singger · singre · sinnger · sniger
  • Spinnerpsinner · sipnner · spinenr · spiner · spinnerr · spinnre · spniner · sppinner

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "singer" and "Spinner" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "singer" vs "Spinner" - which ranks higher?
"Spinner" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,097 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

You've compared "singer" and "Spinner". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "singer" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Spinner" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,872,443 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "singer" and "Spinner" 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 #1,872,443 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