Which to use
“evil” is an adjective and “written” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #15,620
- “evil” frequency rank
- #43,644
- “written” frequency rank
- 59264
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | evil | written |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | böse | Partizip Perfekt (past participle) des Verbs write |
Letter map: evil vs written
Shared letters muted; letters that set evil and written apart highlighted. Shared run: 1. evil runs 4 letters (VCVC) against written's 7 (CCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for evil / written
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: evil is anadjective and writtenaverb. On the page they differ by 3 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59264, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
evil is recorded at frequency rank #15,620, classified as anadj, pronounced […]. written is at rank #43,644, 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 59264, this pair ranks #831,052 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of evil vs written
Shared letters: ei. Private to "evil": lv. Private to "written": nrtw.
"evil" · 4 letters · shape VCVC · "written" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "evil" and "written" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "evil" vs "written" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've compared "evil" and "written". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "evil" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "written" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #831,052 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "evil" and "written" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs written". 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 #831,052 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.