technologiesvswayWhich spelling fits?

Which to use

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

#24,949
“technologies” frequency rank
#7,132
“way” frequency rank
32081
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature technologies way
Definition Plural des Substantivs technology Weg

Letter map: technologies vs way

Shared letters muted; letters that set technologies and way apart highlighted. No shared letter run.

12 ch
technologies
3 ch
way

Pair insight - technologies / way

technologies and way 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 differ by 9 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 32081, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

technologies is recorded at frequency rank #24,949, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. way is at rank #7,132, 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 32081, this pair ranks #1,715,098 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of technologies vs way

Shared letters: none. Private to "technologies": ceghilnost. Private to "way": awy.

"technologies" · 12 letters · shape CVCCCVCVCVVC  ·  "way" · 3 letters · shape CVV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • technologiesetchnologies · tcehnologies · tecchnologies · techhnologies · technloogies · technnologies · technolgoies · technollogies

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "technologies" for "way" ever safe?
No. They differ by 9 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Which is more common, "technologies" or "way"?
"way" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #7,132 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

You've compared "technologies" and "way". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "technologies" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "way" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,715,098 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "technologies" and "way" 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 #1,715,098 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