Which to use
“updates” is a verb and “which” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #9,475
- “updates” frequency rank
- #12,204
- “which” frequency rank
- 21679
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | updates | which |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs update | welche? |
Letter map: updates vs which
Shared letters muted; letters that set updates and which apart highlighted. No shared letter run.
Part-of-speech tell for updates / which
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: updates is averb and whichapronoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 21679, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
updates is recorded at frequency rank #9,475, classified as averb, pronounced […]. which is at rank #12,204, tagged as apron, 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 21679, this pair ranks #1,883,425 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of updates vs which
Shared letters: none. Private to "updates": adepstu. Private to "which": chiw.
"updates" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCVC · "which" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "updates" and "which" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "updates" vs "which" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "updates" and "which".
- Full dictionary entry for "updates" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "which" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,883,425 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "updates" and "which" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs which". 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 #1,883,425 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.