SpielersvsspielsConfusable pair

Quick tell: Spielers is a noun, spiels is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#21,435
“Spielers” frequency rank
#5,427
“spiels” frequency rank
26862
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Spielers spiels
Definition Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Spieler 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs spiel

Letter map: Spielers vs spiels

Shared letters muted; letters that set Spielers and spiels apart highlighted. Shared run: 6. Spielers runs 8 letters (CCVVCVCC) against spiels's 6 (CCVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
Spielers
6 ch
spiels

Part-of-speech tell for Spielers / spiels

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Spielers is anoun and spielsaverb. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26862, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Spielers is recorded at frequency rank #21,435, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈʃpiːlɐs]. 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 26862, this pair ranks #1,811,206 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Spielers vs spiels

Shared letters: eilps. Private to "Spielers": r. Private to "spiels": -.

"Spielers" · 8 letters · shape CCVVCVCC  ·  "spiels" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Spielers ← psielers · sipelers · speilers · spieelrs · spielerrs · spielerss · spielesr · spiellers
  • spiels ← psiels · sipels · speils · spiells · spielss · spiesl · spiles · sppiels

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Spielers" and "spiels" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Spielers" is a noun and "spiels" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "Spielers" or "spiels"?
"spiels" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,427 in our German list, against #21,435 for "Spielers". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Spielers" and "spiels".

  • Full dictionary entry for "Spielers" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "spiels" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,811,206 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Spielers" and "spiels" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Siegers vs Spielers". 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 #1,811,206 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