Which to use
“singles” is a verb and “SOG” is an abbrev - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #3,773
- “singles” frequency rank
- #3,997
- “SOG” frequency rank
- 7770
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | singles | SOG |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs single | Gesetz über die öffentliche Sicherheit und Ordnung (Sicherheits- und Ordnungsgesetz) |
Letter map: singles vs SOG
Shared letters muted; letters that set singles and SOG apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Role in the sentence - singles and SOG
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: singles is averb and SOGanabbrev. On the page they differ by 4 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 7770, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
singles is recorded at frequency rank #3,773, classified as averb, pronounced […]. SOG is at rank #3,997, tagged as anabbrev, 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 7770, this pair ranks #1,986,967 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of singles vs SOG
Shared letters: gs. Private to "singles": eiln. Private to "SOG": o.
"singles" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC · "SOG" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- singles ← isngles · signles · singels · singgles · singless · singlles · singlse · sinlges
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "singles" for "SOG" ever safe?
In ordinary German text, does "singles" or "SOG" show up more?
What to do next
You've compared "singles" and "SOG". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "singles" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "SOG" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,986,967 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "singles" and "SOG" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs SOG". 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 #1,986,967 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.