Which to use
“stop” is an intj and “times” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #6,109
- “stop” frequency rank
- #5,431
- “times” frequency rank
- 11540
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | stop | times |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Aufforderung auf Verkehrszeichen, Drucktasten oder dergleichen zum Anhalten beziehungsweise zum sofortigen Beenden von etwas | Plural des Substantivs time |
Letter map: stop vs times
Shared letters muted; letters that set stop and times apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. stop runs 4 letters (CCVC) against times's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for stop / times
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: stop is anintj and timesanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11540, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
stop is recorded at frequency rank #6,109, classified as anintj, pronounced […]. times is at rank #5,431, 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 11540, this pair ranks #1,969,355 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of stop vs times
Shared letters: st. Private to "stop": op. Private to "times": eim.
"stop" · 4 letters · shape CCVC · "times" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "stop" and "times" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "stop" vs "times" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pair "stop" vs "times" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "stop" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "times" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,969,355 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "stop" and "times" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs stop". 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 #1,969,355 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.