Which to use
“scratch” is a verb and “windows” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #43,485
- “scratch” frequency rank
- #2,937
- “windows” frequency rank
- 46422
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | scratch | windows |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | kratzen | Plural des Substantivs window |
Letter map: scratch vs windows
Shared letters muted; letters that set scratch and windows apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.
Part-of-speech tell for scratch / windows
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: scratch is averb and windowsanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 7 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46422, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
scratch is recorded at frequency rank #43,485, 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 46422, this pair ranks #1,319,635 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of scratch vs windows
Shared letters: s. Private to "scratch": achrt. Private to "windows": dinow.
"scratch" · 7 letters · shape CCCVCCC · "windows" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "scratch" for "windows" ever safe?
Frequency check: "scratch" vs "windows" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pair "scratch" vs "windows" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "scratch" 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 #1,319,635 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "scratch" and "windows" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs scratch". 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 #1,319,635 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.