finds

/[…]/ verb

Letters

5 characters

Frequency Rank

#10,082

in German word usage

Misspellings

8

tracked variants

Confusables

20

similar word pairs

finds is aGermanverb. It means: 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs find Pronounced […]. Often confused with fis and fing.

Key facts for finds
PropertyValue
Headwordfinds
LanguageGerman
Part of speechVerb
IPA[…]
Letters5
Frequency rank#10,082
Misspellings tracked8
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency rank visualization

Position of finds in German word frequency (lower rank = more common)

Source: Wordfreq corpus

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

The German entry for finds is 5 letters long, classified as averb, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as […]. Corpus data places it at rank #10,082 in overall German word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it.The dominant gloss from Wiktionary reads: "3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs find".

Our Hunspell-derived misspelling index lists 8 documented wrong-spelling variants for finds, with forms such as "ffinds", "fidns", and "findds". Each variant represents a distinct typo pattern that appears often enough in corpora to be worth flagging, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution.It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "fis", "fing", "fund", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. For readers arriving here from a spelling check, the authoritative guidance is: the correct German form is finds, spelled F-I-N-D-S, and any other sequence of those letters, regardless of how natural it feels, is a misspelling in standard orthography.

Definition

  1. 1
    3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs find

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as: ffinds,fidns,findds,findss,finnds,finsd,fnids,ifnds

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

Relative frequency of common misspelling types for finds

Misspelling Variants of "finds"

ffinds6fidns5findds6findss6finnds6finsd5fnids5ifnds5
Misspelling Variants of "finds"

Frequency rank: #10,082 in German

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "finds"?
"finds" is spelled F-I-N-D-S. The IPA pronunciation is […].
What does "finds" mean?
As a verb, "finds" means: 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs find
What words are commonly confused with "finds"?
"finds" is commonly confused with "fis", "fing", "fund". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "finds"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "finds" is […]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "finds" come from?
"finds" is a German word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Other entries that begin with the letter F in our German index:

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Data Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Frequency data from Wordfreq. Misspellings derived from Hunspell dictionaries.