hobbiesvswindowsTell them apart

Which to use

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

#30,116
“hobbies” frequency rank
#2,937
“windows” frequency rank
33053
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature hobbies windows
Definition Plural des Substantivs hobby Plural des Substantivs window

Letter map: hobbies vs windows

Shared letters muted; letters that set hobbies and windows apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

7 ch
hobbies
7 ch
windows

Corpus notes: hobbies and windows

hobbies and windows are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 6 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33053, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

hobbies is recorded at frequency rank #30,116, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. windows is at rank #2,937, tagged as anoun, 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 33053, this pair ranks #1,694,311 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of hobbies vs windows

Shared letters: ios. Private to "hobbies": beh. Private to "windows": dnw.

"hobbies" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC  ·  "windows" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • hobbieshbobies · hhobbies · hobbeis · hobbiess · hobbise · hobibes · hobies · ohbbies
  • windowsiwndows · widnows · winddows · windosw · windowss · windowws · windwos · winndows

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "hobbies" for "windows" ever safe?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 6 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "hobbies" vs "windows" - which ranks higher?
"windows" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,937 in our German list, against #30,116 for "hobbies". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "hobbies" and "windows".

  • Full dictionary entry for "hobbies" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "windows" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,694,311 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "hobbies" and "windows" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hobbies vs puzzles". 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 #1,694,311 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