Which to use
“spots” is a verb and “Spott” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #24,933
- “spots” frequency rank
- #15,219
- “Spott” frequency rank
- 40152
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | spots | Spott |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs spot | schadenfrohes Belustigen über jemanden |
Letter map: spots vs Spott
Shared letters muted; letters that set spots and Spott apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.
Part-of-speech tell for spots / Spott
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: spots is averb and Spottanoun. On the page they differ by a single letter - s in “spots” becomes t in “Spott”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40152, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
spots is recorded at frequency rank #24,933, classified as averb, pronounced […]. Spott is at rank #15,219, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ʃpɔt].
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 40152, this pair ranks #1,516,598 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of spots vs Spott
Shared letters: opst. Private to "spots": -. Private to "Spott": -.
"spots" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC · "Spott" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "spots" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Spott" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,516,598 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "spots" and "Spott" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs spots". 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 #1,516,598 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.