locationvswindowsWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

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

#13,429
“location” frequency rank
#2,937
“windows” frequency rank
16366
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature location windows
Definition Drehort Plural des Substantivs window

Letter map: location vs windows

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

8 ch
location
7 ch
windows

Pair insight - location / windows

location 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16366, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

location is recorded at frequency rank #13,429, 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 16366, this pair ranks #1,936,446 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of location vs windows

Shared letters: ino. Private to "location": aclt. Private to "windows": dsw.

"location" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC  ·  "windows" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • locationlcoation · llocation · loaction · locaiton · locatino · locationn · locatoin · locattion
  • windowsiwndows · widnows · winddows · windosw · windowss · windowws · windwos · winndows

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "location" for "windows" ever safe?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "location" 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 #13,429 for "location". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "location" vs "windows" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "location" 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 #1,936,446 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "location" and "windows" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "location 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 #1,936,446 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