SW vs times, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“SW” is an abbrev and “times” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#11,127
“SW” frequency rank: #5,431
“times” frequency rank: 16558
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	SW	times
Definition	Südwest	Plural des Substantivs time

Letter map: SW vs times

Shared letters muted; letters that set SW and times apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

2 ch

5 ch

times

Role in the sentence - SW and times

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: SW is anabbrev and timesanoun. On the page they differ by 3 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16558, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

SW is recorded at frequency rank #11,127, classified as anabbrev, 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 16558, this pair ranks #1,934,839 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of SW vs times

Shared letters: s. Private to "SW": w. Private to "times": eimt.

"SW" · 2 letters · shape CC · "times" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

times ← itmes · tiems · timess · timmes · timse · tmies · ttimes

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "SW" for "times" ever safe?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "SW" is an abbrev and "times" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

In ordinary German text, does "SW" or "times" show up more?

"times" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,431 in our German list, against #11,127 for "SW". 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 "SW" and "times".

Full dictionary entry for "SW" 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 #1,934,839 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"SW" and "times" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs SW". 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 #1,934,839 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.