Which to use
“waggons” is a verb and “which” is a pronoun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #27,564
- “waggons” frequency rank
- #12,204
- “which” frequency rank
- 39768
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | waggons | which |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs waggon | welche? |
Letter map: waggons vs which
Shared letters muted; letters that set waggons and which apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.
Role in the sentence - waggons and which
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: waggons is averb and whichapronoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39768, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
waggons is recorded at frequency rank #27,564, 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 39768, this pair ranks #1,527,448 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of waggons vs which
Shared letters: w. Private to "waggons": agnos. Private to "which": chi.
"waggons" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC · "which" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "waggons" and "which" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "waggons" vs "which" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
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- Full dictionary entry for "waggons" 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 #1,527,448 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "waggons" and "which" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs waggons". 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 #1,527,448 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.