singlesvsSOGWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: singles is a verb, SOG is an abbrev, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

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.

7 ch
singles
3 ch
SOG

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

  • singlesisngles · signles · singels · singgles · singless · singlles · singlse · sinlges

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "singles" for "SOG" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "singles" is a verb and "SOG" an abbrev, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "singles" or "SOG" show up more?
"singles" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,773 in our German list, against #3,997 for "SOG". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list