Which to use
“which” is a pronoun and “wich” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #12,204
- “which” frequency rank
- #19,451
- “wich” frequency rank
- 31655
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | which | wich |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | welche? | 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs weichen |
Letter map: which vs wich
Shared letters muted; letters that set which and wich apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.
Part-of-speech tell for which / wich
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: which is apronoun and wichaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 31655, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
which is recorded at frequency rank #12,204, classified as apron, pronounced […]. wich is at rank #19,451, tagged as averb, pronounced [vɪç].
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 31655, this pair ranks #1,723,773 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of which vs wich
Shared letters: chiw. Private to "which": -. Private to "wich": -.
"which" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC · "wich" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "which" and "wich" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "which" or "wich"?
What to do next
You've compared "which" and "wich". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "which" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "wich" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,723,773 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "which" and "wich" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "wich vs witch". 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 #1,723,773 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.