Which to use
“warren” is a noun and “worden” is an unknown - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #13,273
- “warren” frequency rank
- #285
- “worden” frequency rank
- 13558
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | warren | worden |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Kaninchenbau | Partizip Perfekt von werden als Hilfsverb. In diesem Fall steckt die Hauptaussage in dem Verb, das mit Hilfe von worden ins Perfekt gesetzt wurde, - anders als bei dem zweiten Partizip Perfekt zu werden: geworden. |
Letter map: warren vs worden
Shared letters muted; letters that set warren and worden apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. warren and worden follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Grammar separator: warren vs worden
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: warren is anoun and wordenanunknown. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13558, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
warren is recorded at frequency rank #13,273, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. worden is at rank #285, tagged as anunknown, pronounced [ˈvɔʁdən].
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 13558, this pair ranks #1,957,220 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of warren vs worden
Shared letters: enrw. Private to "warren": a. Private to "worden": do.
"warren" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "worden" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Frequency check: "warren" vs "worden" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "warren" and "worden".
- Full dictionary entry for "warren" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "worden" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,957,220 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "warren" and "worden" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs warren". 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 #1,957,220 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.