Which to use
“smooth” is an adjective and “wars” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #49,255
- “smooth” frequency rank
- #3,861
- “wars” frequency rank
- 53116
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | smooth | wars |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | glatt | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs war |
Letter map: smooth vs wars
Shared letters muted; letters that set smooth and wars apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.
Part-of-speech tell for smooth / wars
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: smooth is anadjective and warsaverb. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53116, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
smooth is recorded at frequency rank #49,255, classified as anadj, pronounced […]. wars is at rank #3,861, tagged as averb, 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 53116, this pair ranks #1,070,582 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of smooth vs wars
Shared letters: s. Private to "smooth": hmot. Private to "wars": arw.
"smooth" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCC · "wars" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "smooth" for "wars" ever safe?
In ordinary German text, does "smooth" or "wars" show up more?
Useful next steps
Pair "smooth" vs "wars" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "smooth" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "wars" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,070,582 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "smooth" and "wars" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs smooth". 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 #1,070,582 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.