wenig vs wenns, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“wenig” is a pronoun and “wenns” is an abbrev - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#305
“wenig” frequency rank: #5,445
“wenns” frequency rank: 5750
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	wenig	wenns
Definition	eine unbestimmte, kleine Anzahl oder Menge von etwas	wenn es

Letter map: wenig vs wenns

Shared letters muted; letters that set wenig and wenns apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch

wenig

5 ch

wenns

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: wenig is apronoun and wennsanabbrev. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 5750, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

wenig is recorded at frequency rank #305, classified as apron, pronounced [ˈveːnɪç]. wenns is at rank #5,445, tagged as anabbrev, 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 5750, this pair ranks #1,993,847 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of wenig vs wenns

Shared letters: enw. Private to "wenig": gi. Private to "wenns": s.

"wenig" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "wenns" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC

Known mistypes of this pair

wenig ← ewnig · weing · wengi · wenigg · wennig · wneig · wwenig
wenns ← ewnns · wennss · wens · wensn · wnens · wwenns

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "wenig" and "wenns" be used interchangeably?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "wenig" is a pronoun and "wenns" an abbrev, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "wenig" or "wenns"?

"wenig" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #305 in our German list, against #5,445 for "wenns". That is a wide gap, so in ordinary text the rarer spelling is the one worth double-checking.

What to do next

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Full dictionary entry for "wenig" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "wenns" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #1,993,847 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"wenig" and "wenns" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs wenns". 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

PlainSpell is a reference corpus, not spelling advice. Verify unusual forms in context.