GewinnervsGewinnernWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“Gewinner” and “Gewinnern” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#3,379
“Gewinner” frequency rank
#33,606
“Gewinnern” frequency rank
36985
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Gewinner Gewinnern
Definition Person oder Institution, welche einen Wettkampf oder Wettstreit als Beste bestanden hat Dativ Plural des Substantivs Gewinner

Where the eye mixes Gewinner and Gewinnern

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 8 letters in sequence. Gewinner runs 8 letters (CVCVCCVC) against Gewinnern's 9 (CVCVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

8 ch
Gewinner
9 ch
Gewinnern

Visual trap between Gewinner and Gewinnern

A purely visual mix-up. Gewinner ([ɡəˈvɪnɐ]) and Gewinnern ([ɡəˈvɪnɐn]) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “Gewinner” sits inside “Gewinnern”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36985, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Gewinner is recorded at frequency rank #3,379, classified as anoun, pronounced [ɡəˈvɪnɐ]. Gewinnern is at rank #33,606, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ɡəˈvɪnɐn].

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 36985, this pair ranks #1,601,719 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of Gewinner vs Gewinnern

Shared letters: eginrw. Private to "Gewinner": -. Private to "Gewinnern": -.

"Gewinner" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC  ·  "Gewinnern" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Gewinneregwinner · geiwnner · gewinenr · gewiner · gewinnerr · gewinnre · gewniner · gewwinner
  • Gewinnernegwinnern · geiwnnern · gewinenrn · gewinern · gewinnenr · gewinnernn · gewinnerrn · gewinnren

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "Gewinner" for "Gewinnern" ever safe?
No. They are said differently ([ɡəˈvɪnɐ] versus [ɡəˈvɪnɐn]) and carry different meanings; reading the sentence aloud is usually enough to catch the wrong one.
Which is more common, "Gewinner" or "Gewinnern"?
"Gewinner" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,379 in our German list, against #33,606 for "Gewinnern". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "Gewinner" and "Gewinnern" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Gewinner" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Gewinnern" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,601,719 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Gewinner" and "Gewinnern" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Gewinnern vs gewittern". 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 #1,601,719 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list