singles vs times, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#3,773
“singles” frequency rank: #5,431
“times” frequency rank: 9204
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	singles	times
Definition	3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs single	Plural des Substantivs time

Letter map: singles vs times

Shared letters muted; letters that set singles and times apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

7 ch

singles

5 ch

times

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: singles is averb and timesanoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 9204, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

singles is recorded at frequency rank #3,773, classified as averb, pronounced […]. times is at rank #5,431, tagged as anoun, 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 9204, this pair ranks #1,980,990 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of singles vs times

Shared letters: eis. Private to "singles": gln. Private to "times": mt.

"singles" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC · "times" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

singles ← isngles · signles · singels · singgles · singless · singlles · singlse · sinlges
times ← itmes · tiems · timess · timmes · timse · tmies · ttimes

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "singles" and "times" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "singles" is a verb and "times" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "singles" or "times"?

"singles" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,773 in our German list, against #5,431 for "times". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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Full dictionary entry for "singles" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "times" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #1,980,990 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"singles" and "times" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs times". 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

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