Which to use
“singles” and “sports” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,773
- “singles” frequency rank
- #7,990
- “sports” frequency rank
- 11763
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | singles | sports |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs single | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs sport |
Letter map: singles vs sports
Shared letters muted; letters that set singles and sports apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. singles runs 7 letters (CVCCCVC) against sports's 6 (CCVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Pair insight - singles / sports
singles and sports 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 11763, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
singles is recorded at frequency rank #3,773, classified as averb, pronounced […]. sports is at rank #7,990, 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 11763, this pair ranks #1,968,043 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of singles vs sports
Shared letters: s. Private to "singles": egiln. Private to "sports": oprt.
"singles" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC · "sports" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "singles" and "sports" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "singles" or "sports" show up more?
Useful next steps
You've compared "singles" and "sports". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "singles" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sports" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,968,043 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "singles" and "sports" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs sports". 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 #1,968,043 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.