Which to use
“models” is a noun and “winning” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #11,706
- “models” frequency rank
- #46,403
- “winning” frequency rank
- 58109
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | models | winning |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Plural des Substantivs model | Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs win |
Letter map: models vs winning
Shared letters muted; letters that set models and winning apart highlighted. No shared letter run. models runs 6 letters (CVCVCC) against winning's 7 (CVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - models and winning
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: models is anoun and winningaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58109, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
models is recorded at frequency rank #11,706, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. winning is at rank #46,403, 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 58109, this pair ranks #875,470 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of models vs winning
Shared letters: none. Private to "models": delmos. Private to "winning": ginw.
"models" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC · "winning" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Frequency check: "models" vs "winning" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've compared "models" and "winning". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "models" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "winning" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #875,470 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "models" and "winning" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs winning". 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 #875,470 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.