Which to use
“talking” is a verb and “tests” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #29,813
- “talking” frequency rank
- #3,854
- “tests” frequency rank
- 33667
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | talking | tests |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs talk | Plural des Substantivs test |
Letter map: talking vs tests
Shared letters muted; letters that set talking and tests apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.
Part-of-speech tell for talking / tests
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: talking is averb and testsanoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33667, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
talking is recorded at frequency rank #29,813, 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 33667, this pair ranks #1,680,721 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of talking vs tests
Shared letters: t. Private to "talking": agikln. Private to "tests": es.
"talking" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC · "tests" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "talking" 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 #1,680,721 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "talking" and "tests" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs talking". 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 #1,680,721 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.