RefugeevswindowsWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

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

#45,541
“Refugee” frequency rank
#2,937
“windows” frequency rank
48478
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Refugee windows
Definition Person, die aufgrund drohender Gefahr durch Krieg oder Verfolgung aus dem Staat, dessen Staatsangehörigkeit sie besitzt, fliehen musste Plural des Substantivs window

Letter map: Refugee vs windows

Shared letters muted; letters that set Refugee and windows apart highlighted. No shared letter run.

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Refugee
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windows

Pair insight - Refugee / windows

Refugee 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 7 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48478, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Refugee is recorded at frequency rank #45,541, 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 48478, this pair ranks #1,247,141 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Refugee vs windows

Shared letters: none. Private to "Refugee": efgru. Private to "windows": dinosw.

"Refugee" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVV  ·  "windows" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Refugeeerfugee · reffugee · refguee · refuege · refuge · refuggee · reufgee · rfeugee
  • windowsiwndows · widnows · winddows · windosw · windowss · windowws · windwos · winndows

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "Refugee" and "windows" be used interchangeably?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 7 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Which is more common, "Refugee" or "windows"?
"windows" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,937 in our German list, against #45,541 for "Refugee". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "Refugee" 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 #1,247,141 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Refugee" and "windows" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs Refugee". 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 #1,247,141 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