Which to use
“wahres” is an adjective and “wars” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #9,121
- “wahres” frequency rank
- #3,861
- “wars” frequency rank
- 12982
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | wahres | wars |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nominativ Singular Neutrum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs wahr | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs war |
Letter map: wahres vs wars
Shared letters muted; letters that set wahres and wars apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. wahres runs 6 letters (CVCCVC) against wars's 4 (CVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - wahres and wars
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: wahres is anadjective and warsaverb. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12982, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
wahres is recorded at frequency rank #9,121, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈvaːʁəs]. 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 12982, this pair ranks #1,960,841 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of wahres vs wars
Shared letters: arsw. Private to "wahres": eh. Private to "wars": -.
"wahres" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "wars" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Frequency check: "wahres" vs "wars" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "wahres" 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 #1,960,841 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "wahres" and "wars" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "wahres vs wirres". 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 #1,960,841 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.