seasonsvswindowsWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

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

#37,768
“seasons” frequency rank
#2,937
“windows” frequency rank
40705
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature seasons windows
Definition Plural des Substantivs season Plural des Substantivs window

Letter map: seasons vs windows

Shared letters muted; letters that set seasons and windows apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

7 ch
seasons
7 ch
windows

Corpus notes: seasons and windows

seasons 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 5 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40705, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

seasons is recorded at frequency rank #37,768, 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 40705, this pair ranks #1,500,826 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of seasons vs windows

Shared letters: nos. Private to "seasons": ae. Private to "windows": diw.

"seasons" · 7 letters · shape CVVCVCC  ·  "windows" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • seasonsesasons · saesons · seaosns · seasnos · seasonns · seasonss · seasosn · seassons
  • windowsiwndows · widnows · winddows · windosw · windowss · windowws · windwos · winndows

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "seasons" and "windows" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 5 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "seasons" vs "windows" - which ranks higher?
"windows" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,937 in our German list, against #37,768 for "seasons". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "seasons" 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 #1,500,826 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "seasons" and "windows" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs seasons". 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 #1,500,826 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