WeinsvswingsTell them apart

Quick tell: Weins is a noun, wings is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“Weins” is a noun and “wings” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#48,627
“Weins” frequency rank
#13,742
“wings” frequency rank
62369
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature Weins wings
Definition Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Wein 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs wing

Letter map: Weins vs wings

Shared letters muted; letters that set Weins and wings apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

5 ch
Weins
5 ch
wings

Grammar separator: Weins vs wings

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Weins is anoun and wingsaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 3 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62369, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

Weins is recorded at frequency rank #48,627, classified as anoun, pronounced [vaɪ̯ns]. wings is at rank #13,742, 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 62369, this pair ranks #715,416 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of Weins vs wings

Shared letters: insw. Private to "Weins": e. Private to "wings": g.

"Weins" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC  ·  "wings" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Weinsewins · weinns · weinss · wenis · wweins
  • wingsiwngs · wigns · winggs · wingss · winngs · winsg · wnigs · wwings

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "Weins" and "wings" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "Weins" is a noun and "wings" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "Weins" or "wings"?
"wings" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #13,742 in our German list, against #48,627 for "Weins". 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 "Weins" and "wings". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "Weins" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "wings" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #715,416 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "Weins" and "wings" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Weins vs went". 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 #715,416 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