Which to use
“TACITUS” is an abbrev and “times” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #46,312
- “TACITUS” frequency rank
- #5,431
- “times” frequency rank
- 51743
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | TACITUS | times |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Medizin: Abkürzung für Thyroid Allostasis in Critical Illness, Tumours, Uraemia and Starvation | Plural des Substantivs time |
Letter map: TACITUS vs times
Shared letters muted; letters that set TACITUS and times apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. TACITUS runs 7 letters (CVCVCVC) 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 TACITUS / times
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: TACITUS is anabbrev and timesanoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 51743, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
TACITUS is recorded at frequency rank #46,312, 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 51743, this pair ranks #1,123,706 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of TACITUS vs times
Shared letters: ist. Private to "TACITUS": acu. Private to "times": em.
"TACITUS" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "times" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "TACITUS" and "times" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary German text, does "TACITUS" or "times" show up more?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "TACITUS" and "times".
- Full dictionary entry for "TACITUS" 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 #1,123,706 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "TACITUS" and "times" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs TACITUS". 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 #1,123,706 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.