strongvswindowsConfusable pair

Quick tell: strong is a adjective, windows is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“strong” is an adjective and “windows” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#20,073
“strong” frequency rank
#2,937
“windows” frequency rank
23010
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature strong windows
Definition stark Plural des Substantivs window

Letter map: strong vs windows

Shared letters muted; letters that set strong and windows apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

6 ch
strong
7 ch
windows

Part-of-speech tell for strong / windows

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: strong is anadjective and windowsanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23010, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

strong is recorded at frequency rank #20,073, classified as anadj, 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 23010, this pair ranks #1,866,901 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of strong vs windows

Shared letters: nos. Private to "strong": grt. Private to "windows": diw.

"strong" · 6 letters · shape CCCVCC  ·  "windows" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • strongsrtong · sstrong · storng · strnog · strogn · strongg · stronng · strrong
  • windowsiwndows · widnows · winddows · windosw · windowss · windowws · windwos · winndows

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "strong" and "windows" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "strong" is an adjective and "windows" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "strong" 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 #20,073 for "strong". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "strong" vs "windows" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "strong" 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 #1,866,901 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "strong" and "windows" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs strong". 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 #1,866,901 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