Which to use
“sermon” is a noun and “Sermons” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #13,235
- “sermon” frequency rank
- #18,426
- “Sermons” frequency rank
- 31661
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sermon | Sermons |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Religious discourse; a written or spoken address on a religious or moral matter. | A surname. |
Letter map: sermon vs Sermons
Shared letters muted; letters that set sermon and Sermons apart highlighted. Shared run: 6. sermon runs 6 letters (CVCCVC) against Sermons's 7 (CVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for sermon / Sermons
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: sermon is anoun and Sermonsaname. On the page they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “sermon” sits inside “Sermons”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31661, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sermon is recorded at frequency rank #13,235, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈsɜː.mən/. Sermons is at rank #18,426, tagged as aname.
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 31661, this pair ranks #344,291 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of sermon vs Sermons
Shared letters: emnors. Private to "sermon": -. Private to "Sermons": -.
"sermon" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "Sermons" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "sermon" for "Sermons" ever safe?
In ordinary English text, does "sermon" or "Sermons" show up more?
After this comparison
Pair "sermon" vs "Sermons" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "sermon" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Sermons" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #344,291 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sermon" and "Sermons" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Sermons vs Symons". 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 #344,291 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.