Which to use
“rights” is a noun and “which” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #17,113
- “rights” frequency rank
- #12,204
- “which” frequency rank
- 29317
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | rights | which |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Plural des Substantivs right | welche? |
Letter map: rights vs which
Shared letters muted; letters that set rights and which apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. rights runs 6 letters (CVCCCC) against which's 5 (CCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for rights / which
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: rights is anoun and whichapronoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29317, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
rights is recorded at frequency rank #17,113, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. which is at rank #12,204, tagged as apron, 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 29317, this pair ranks #1,769,063 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of rights vs which
Shared letters: hi. Private to "rights": grst. Private to "which": cw.
"rights" · 6 letters · shape CVCCCC · "which" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "rights" for "which" ever safe?
Frequency check: "rights" vs "which" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
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- Full dictionary entry for "rights" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "which" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,769,063 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "rights" and "which" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs rights". 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 #1,769,063 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.