temps vs Toms, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“temps” is a verb and “Toms” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#37,813
“temps” frequency rank: #41,507
“Toms” frequency rank: 79320
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	temps	Toms
Definition	3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs temp	Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Tom

Letter map: temps vs Toms

Shared letters muted; letters that set temps and Toms apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch

temps

4 ch

Toms

Grammar separator: temps vs Toms

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: temps is averb and Tomsanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 79320, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

temps is recorded at frequency rank #37,813, classified as averb, pronounced […]. Toms is at rank #41,507, tagged as anoun, pronounced [tɔms].

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 79320, this pair ranks #218,980 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of temps vs Toms

Shared letters: mst. Private to "temps": ep. Private to "Toms": o.

"temps" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC · "Toms" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

temps ← etmps · temmps · tempps · tempss · temsp · tepms · tmeps · ttemps
Toms ← otms · tmos · tomms · tomss · tosm · ttoms

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "temps" for "Toms" ever safe?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "temps" is a verb and "Toms" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Frequency check: "temps" vs "Toms" - which ranks higher?

"temps" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #37,813 in our German list, against #41,507 for "Toms". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

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Full dictionary entry for "temps" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "Toms" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #218,980 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"temps" and "Toms" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Toms vs Tons". 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 #218,980 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.