sungvstestsConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#27,077
“sung” frequency rank
#3,854
“tests” frequency rank
30931
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature sung tests
Definition Partizip Perfekt (past participle) des Verbs sing Plural des Substantivs test

Letter map: sung vs tests

Shared letters muted; letters that set sung and tests apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

4 ch
sung
5 ch
tests

Grammar separator: sung vs tests

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: sung is averb and testsanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30931, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

sung is recorded at frequency rank #27,077, classified as averb, pronounced […]. tests is at rank #3,854, 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 30931, this pair ranks #1,738,179 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of sung vs tests

Shared letters: s. Private to "sung": gnu. Private to "tests": et.

"sung" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "tests" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • sungsnug · ssung · sugn · sungg · sunng · usng
  • testsetsts · tessts · testss · testts · tetss · ttests

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "sung" for "tests" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "sung" is a verb and "tests" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "sung" vs "tests" - which ranks higher?
"tests" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,854 in our German list, against #27,077 for "sung". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

You've compared "sung" and "tests". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "sung" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "tests" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,738,179 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "sung" and "tests" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs sung". 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 #1,738,179 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