spider vs spiels, What's the Difference?

Which to use

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

#17,139
“spider” frequency rank: #5,427
“spiels” frequency rank: 22566
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	spider	spiels
Definition	Spinne	3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs spiel

Where the spellings diverge

Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set spider and spiels apart are highlighted. They share 4 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.

6 ch

spider

6 ch

spiels

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: spider is anoun and spielsaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22566, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

spider is recorded at frequency rank #17,139, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. spiels is at rank #5,427, 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 22566, this pair ranks #1,872,624 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of spider vs spiels

Shared letters: eips. Private to "spider": dr. Private to "spiels": l.

"spider" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC · "spiels" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

spider ← psider · sipder · spdier · spidder · spiderr · spidre · spiedr · sppider
spiels ← psiels · sipels · speils · spiells · spielss · spiesl · spiles · sppiels

Frequency comparison

spider#17,139

spiels#5,427

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "spider" and "spiels" be used interchangeably?

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

Which is more common, "spider" or "spiels"?

"spiels" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,427 in our German list, against #17,139 for "spider". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Remembering spider vs spiels

The fastest way to pick the right one every time.

Check the role first: if you need a noun, it's “spider”; for a verb, it's “spiels”.
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