trends vs trendy, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“trends” is a noun and “trendy” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#6,015
“trends” frequency rank: #37,825
“trendy” frequency rank: 43840
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	trends	trendy
Definition	Plural des Substantivs trend	einem aktuellen Trend folgend

Letter map: trends vs trendy

Shared letters muted; letters that set trends and trendy apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.

6 ch

trends

6 ch

trendy

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: trends is anoun and trendyanadjective. On the page they differ by a single letter - s in “trends” becomes y in “trendy”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43840, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

trends is recorded at frequency rank #6,015, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. trendy is at rank #37,825, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈtʁɛndi].

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 43840, this pair ranks #1,405,287 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of trends vs trendy

Shared letters: denrt. Private to "trends": s. Private to "trendy": y.

"trends" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCC · "trendy" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV

Known mistypes of this pair

trends ← rtends · ternds · tredns · trendds · trendss · trennds · trensd · trneds
trendy ← rtendy · terndy · tredny · trenddy · trendyy · trenndy · trenyd · trnedy

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "trends" and "trendy" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "trends" is a noun and "trendy" an adjective, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "trends" or "trendy"?

"trends" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #6,015 in our German list, against #37,825 for "trendy". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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Full dictionary entry for "trends" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "trendy" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #1,405,287 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"trends" and "trendy" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "trendy vs trenne". 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

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