GewinnsvsgewinnstTell them apart

Quick tell: Gewinns is a noun, gewinnst is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Gewinns” is a noun and “gewinnst” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#32,566
“Gewinns” frequency rank
#19,936
“gewinnst” frequency rank
52502
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Gewinns gewinnst
Definition Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Gewinn 2. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs gewinnen

Where the eye mixes Gewinns and gewinnst

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. Gewinns runs 7 letters (CVCVCCC) against gewinnst's 8 (CVCVCCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

7 ch
Gewinns
8 ch
gewinnst

Look-alike desk: Gewinns vs gewinnst

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: Gewinns is [ɡəˈvɪns] while gewinnst is [ɡəˈvɪnst]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “Gewinns” sits inside “gewinnst”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52502, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Gewinns is recorded at frequency rank #32,566, classified as anoun, pronounced [ɡəˈvɪns]. gewinnst is at rank #19,936, tagged as averb, pronounced [ɡəˈvɪnst].

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 52502, this pair ranks #1,094,244 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Gewinns vs gewinnst

Shared letters: eginsw. Private to "Gewinns": -. Private to "gewinnst": t.

"Gewinns" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCC  ·  "gewinnst" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Gewinnsegwinns · geiwnns · gewinnss · gewins · gewinsn · gewnins · gewwinns · ggewinns
  • gewinnstegwinnst · geiwnnst · gewinnsst · gewinnstt · gewinnts · gewinsnt · gewinst · gewninst

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Gewinns" and "gewinnst" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Gewinns" is a noun and "gewinnst" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "Gewinns" or "gewinnst"?
"gewinnst" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #19,936 in our German list, against #32,566 for "Gewinns". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "Gewinns" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "gewinnst" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,094,244 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Gewinns" and "gewinnst" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "gesinnt vs Gewinns". 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 #1,094,244 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