talksvsTaxisTell them apart

Which to use

“talks” and “Taxis” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#40,240
“talks” frequency rank
#16,296
“Taxis” frequency rank
56536
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature talks Taxis
Definition Plural des Substantivs talk freie, gerichtete Bewegung eines Organismus entlang eines Umweltgradienten

Letter map: talks vs Taxis

Shared letters muted; letters that set talks and Taxis apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. talks (CVCCC) and Taxis (CVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.

5 ch
talks
5 ch
Taxis

Spelling & dictionary notes on talks vs Taxis

talks and Taxis are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56536, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

talks is recorded at frequency rank #40,240, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. Taxis is at rank #16,296, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈtaksɪs].

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 56536, this pair ranks #936,412 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of talks vs Taxis

Shared letters: ast. Private to "talks": kl. Private to "Taxis": ix.

"talks" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC  ·  "Taxis" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • talks ← atlks · takls · talkks · talkss · tallks · talsk · tlaks · ttalks
  • Taxis ← atxis · taixs · taxiss · taxsi · taxxis · ttaxis · txais

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "talks" and "Taxis" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
In ordinary German text, does "talks" or "Taxis" show up more?
"Taxis" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #16,296 in our German list, against #40,240 for "talks". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "talks" and "Taxis".

  • Full dictionary entry for "talks" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Taxis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #936,412 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "talks" and "Taxis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs talks". 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 #936,412 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