Which to use
“solo” is an adjective and “sports” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #5,222
- “solo” frequency rank
- #7,990
- “sports” frequency rank
- 13212
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | solo | sports |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | allein | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs sport |
Letter map: solo vs sports
Shared letters muted; letters that set solo and sports apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. solo runs 4 letters (CVCV) against sports's 6 (CCVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for solo / sports
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: solo is anadjective and sportsaverb. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13212, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
solo is recorded at frequency rank #5,222, classified as anadj, 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 13212, this pair ranks #1,959,388 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of solo vs sports
Shared letters: os. Private to "solo": l. Private to "sports": prt.
"solo" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "sports" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "solo" and "sports" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary German text, does "solo" or "sports" show up more?
What to do next
Pair "solo" vs "sports" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "solo" 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 #1,959,388 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "solo" 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 #1,959,388 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.