Which to use
“thinking” is a verb and “trends” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #31,821
- “thinking” frequency rank
- #6,015
- “trends” frequency rank
- 37836
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | thinking | trends |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs think | Plural des Substantivs trend |
Letter map: thinking vs trends
Shared letters muted; letters that set thinking and trends apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Grammar separator: thinking vs trends
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: thinking is averb and trendsanoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37836, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
thinking is recorded at frequency rank #31,821, classified as averb, pronounced […]. trends is at rank #6,015, 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 37836, this pair ranks #1,579,828 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of thinking vs trends
Shared letters: nt. Private to "thinking": ghik. Private to "trends": ders.
"thinking" · 8 letters · shape CCVCCVCC · "trends" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "thinking" for "trends" ever safe?
Frequency check: "thinking" vs "trends" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pair "thinking" vs "trends" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "thinking" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "trends" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,579,828 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "thinking" and "trends" 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 #1,579,828 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.