Which to use
“sports” is a verb and “termine” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #7,990
- “sports” frequency rank
- #4,469
- “termine” frequency rank
- 12459
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sports | termine |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs sport | der Termin |
Letter map: sports vs termine
Shared letters muted; letters that set sports and termine apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. sports runs 6 letters (CCVCCC) against termine's 7 (CVCCVCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - sports and termine
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: sports is averb and termineanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12459, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sports is recorded at frequency rank #7,990, classified as averb, pronounced […]. termine is at rank #4,469, 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 12459, this pair ranks #1,964,062 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of sports vs termine
Shared letters: rt. Private to "sports": ops. Private to "termine": eimn.
"sports" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCC · "termine" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "sports" for "termine" ever safe?
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After this comparison
Pair "sports" vs "termine" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "sports" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "termine" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,964,062 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sports" and "termine" 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 #1,964,062 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.