technologiesvswarsWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: technologies is a noun, wars is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“technologies” is a noun and “wars” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#24,949
“technologies” frequency rank
#3,861
“wars” frequency rank
28810
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature technologies wars
Definition Plural des Substantivs technology 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs war

Letter map: technologies vs wars

Shared letters muted; letters that set technologies and wars apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

12 ch
technologies
4 ch
wars

Role in the sentence - technologies and wars

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: technologies is anoun and warsaverb. On the page they differ by 8 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28810, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

technologies is recorded at frequency rank #24,949, classified as anoun, 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 28810, this pair ranks #1,778,181 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of technologies vs wars

Shared letters: s. Private to "technologies": ceghilnot. Private to "wars": arw.

"technologies" · 12 letters · shape CVCCCVCVCVVC  ·  "wars" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • technologiesetchnologies · tcehnologies · tecchnologies · techhnologies · technloogies · technnologies · technolgoies · technollogies
  • warsawrs · warrs · warss · wasr · wras · wwars

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "technologies" and "wars" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "technologies" is a noun and "wars" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "technologies" or "wars"?
"wars" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #3,861 in our German list, against #24,949 for "technologies". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "technologies" vs "wars" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "technologies" 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 #1,778,181 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "technologies" and "wars" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs technologies". 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 #1,778,181 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