contentvsworkingWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: content is a adjective, working is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“content” is an adjective and “working” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#4,256
“content” frequency rank
#19,089
“working” frequency rank
23345
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature content working
Definition zufrieden Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs work

Letter map: content vs working

Shared letters muted; letters that set content and working apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

7 ch
content
7 ch
working

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: content is anadjective and workingaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 5 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23345, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

content is recorded at frequency rank #4,256, classified as anadj, pronounced […]. working is at rank #19,089, tagged as averb, 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 23345, this pair ranks #1,862,483 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of content vs working

Shared letters: no. Private to "content": cet. Private to "working": gikrw.

"content" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC  ·  "working" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • contentccontent · cnotent · conetnt · conntent · contennt · contentt · contetn · contnet
  • workingowrking · wokring · worikng · workign · workingg · workinng · workking · worknig

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "content" and "working" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "content" is an adjective and "working" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "content" or "working"?
"content" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,256 in our German list, against #19,089 for "working". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list