transfersvsuserWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: transfers is a verb, user is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#18,727
“transfers” frequency rank
#2,693
“user” frequency rank
21420
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature transfers user
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs transfer Benutzer

Letter map: transfers vs user

Shared letters muted; letters that set transfers and user apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

9 ch
transfers
4 ch
user

Part-of-speech tell for transfers / user

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: transfers is averb and useranoun. On the page they differ by 5 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21420, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

transfers is recorded at frequency rank #18,727, classified as averb, pronounced […]. user is at rank #2,693, 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 21420, this pair ranks #1,886,467 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of transfers vs user

Shared letters: ers. Private to "transfers": afnt. Private to "user": u.

"transfers" · 9 letters · shape CCVCCCVCC  ·  "user" · 4 letters · shape VCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • transfersrtansfers · tarnsfers · tranfsers · trannsfers · transefrs · transferrs · transferss · transfesr
  • usersuer · uesr · userr · usre · usser

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "transfers" for "user" ever safe?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "transfers" is a verb and "user" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "transfers" or "user" show up more?
"user" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,693 in our German list, against #18,727 for "transfers". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "transfers" vs "user" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "transfers" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "user" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,886,467 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "transfers" and "user" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs transfers". 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 #1,886,467 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