questionsvswindowsConfusable pair

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

Which to use

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

#36,570
“questions” frequency rank
#2,937
“windows” frequency rank
39507
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature questions windows
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs question Plural des Substantivs window

Letter map: questions vs windows

Shared letters muted; letters that set questions and windows apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

9 ch
questions
7 ch
windows

Grammar separator: questions vs windows

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: questions is averb and windowsanoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39507, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

questions is recorded at frequency rank #36,570, classified as averb, 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 39507, this pair ranks #1,534,875 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of questions vs windows

Shared letters: inos. Private to "questions": eqtu. Private to "windows": dw.

"questions" · 9 letters · shape CVVCCVVCC  ·  "windows" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • questionsqeustions · qquestions · quesitons · quesstions · questinos · questionns · questionss · questiosn
  • windowsiwndows · widnows · winddows · windosw · windowss · windowws · windwos · winndows

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "questions" and "windows" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "questions" is a verb and "windows" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
In ordinary German text, does "questions" or "windows" show up more?
"windows" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,937 in our German list, against #36,570 for "questions". 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 "questions" and "windows".

  • Full dictionary entry for "questions" 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 #1,534,875 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "questions" and "windows" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs questions". 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 #1,534,875 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