Which to use
“thinking” is a verb and “times” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #31,821
- “thinking” frequency rank
- #5,431
- “times” frequency rank
- 37252
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | thinking | times |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs think | Plural des Substantivs time |
Letter map: thinking vs times
Shared letters muted; letters that set thinking and times apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Grammar separator: thinking vs times
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: thinking is averb and timesanoun. On the page they differ by 3 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37252, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
thinking is recorded at frequency rank #31,821, classified as averb, 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 37252, this pair ranks #1,594,979 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of thinking vs times
Shared letters: it. Private to "thinking": ghkn. Private to "times": ems.
"thinking" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCVCC · "times" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "thinking" and "times" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "thinking" or "times"?
After this comparison
You've compared "thinking" and "times". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "thinking" 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 #1,594,979 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "thinking" and "times" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs thinking". 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 #1,594,979 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.