ThilovstimesWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: Thilo is a name, times is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Thilo” is a name and “times” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#20,431
“Thilo” frequency rank
#5,431
“times” frequency rank
25862
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Thilo times
Definition männlicher Vorname Plural des Substantivs time

Letter map: Thilo vs times

Shared letters muted; letters that set Thilo and times apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

5 ch
Thilo
5 ch
times

Part-of-speech tell for Thilo / times

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Thilo is aname and timesanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 4 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25862, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Thilo is recorded at frequency rank #20,431, classified as aname, pronounced […]. times is at rank #5,431, 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 25862, this pair ranks #1,826,903 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Thilo vs times

Shared letters: it. Private to "Thilo": hlo. Private to "times": ems.

"Thilo" · 5 letters · shape CCVCV  ·  "times" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Thilohtilo · thhilo · thillo · thiol · thlio · tihlo · tthilo
  • timesitmes · tiems · timess · timmes · timse · tmies · ttimes

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Thilo" and "times" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Thilo" is a name and "times" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "Thilo" vs "times" - which ranks higher?
"times" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,431 in our German list, against #20,431 for "Thilo". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "Thilo" vs "times" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Thilo" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "times" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,826,903 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Thilo" and "times" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs Thilo". 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 #1,826,903 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