teils vs terms, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“teils” is an adverb and “terms” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#1,945
“teils” frequency rank: #40,887
“terms” frequency rank: 42832
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	teils	terms
Definition	nicht alles zusammen betreffend, sondern nur einen Teil	Plural des Substantivs term

Letter map: teils vs terms

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

5 ch

teils

5 ch

terms

Role in the sentence - teils and terms

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: teils is anadverb and termsanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42832, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

teils is recorded at frequency rank #1,945, classified as anadv, pronounced [taɪ̯ls]. 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 42832, this pair ranks #1,437,092 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of teils vs terms

Shared letters: est. Private to "teils": il. Private to "terms": mr.

"teils" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC · "terms" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

teils ← etils · teills · teilss · teisl · telis · tiels · tteils
terms ← etrms · temrs · termms · termss · terrms · tersm · trems · tterms

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "teils" and "terms" be used interchangeably?

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

Which is more common, "teils" or "terms"?

"teils" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #1,945 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

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Full dictionary entry for "teils" 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 #1,437,092 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"teils" 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

Confusion rank #1,437,092 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.