TeamvstermsWhat's the difference?

Which to use

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

#513
“Team” frequency rank
#40,887
“terms” frequency rank
41400
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Team terms
Definition aus mehreren Personen — mit unterschiedlichen Fähigkeiten — bestehende Organisationseinheit Plural des Substantivs term

Letter map: Team vs terms

Shared letters muted; letters that set Team and terms apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

4 ch
Team
5 ch
terms

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Team and terms 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41400, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Team is recorded at frequency rank #513, classified as anoun, pronounced [tiːm]. terms is at rank #40,887, 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 41400, this pair ranks #1,480,611 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Team vs terms

Shared letters: emt. Private to "Team": a. Private to "terms": rs.

"Team" · 4 letters · shape CVVC  ·  "terms" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Teametam · taem · teamm · tema · tteam
  • termsetrms · temrs · termms · termss · terrms · tersm · trems · tterms

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Team" and "terms" be used interchangeably?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Which is more common, "Team" or "terms"?
"Team" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #513 in our German list, against #40,887 for "terms". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

You've compared "Team" and "terms". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Team" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "terms" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,480,611 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Team" and "terms" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs terms". 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

PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list