which vs with, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“which” is a pronoun and “with” is a preposition - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#12,204
“which” frequency rank: #2,225
“with” frequency rank: 14429
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	which	with
Definition	welche?	mit

Letter map: which vs with

Shared letters muted; letters that set which and with apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.

5 ch

which

4 ch

with

Spelling & Dictionary Insight

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: which is apronoun and withapreposition. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 14429, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

which is recorded at frequency rank #12,204, classified as apron, pronounced […]. with is at rank #2,225, tagged as aprep, pronounced [wɪð].

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 14429, this pair ranks #1,951,275 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of which vs with

Shared letters: hiw. Private to "which": c. Private to "with": t.

"which" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC · "with" · 4 letters · shape CVCC

Known mistypes of this pair

which ← hwich · whcih · whhich · whicch · whichh · whihc · wihch · wwhich
with ← iwth · wiht · withh · witth · wtih · wwith

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "which" and "with" be used interchangeably?

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

Which is more common, "which" or "with"?

"with" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,225 in our German list, against #12,204 for "which". 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 "which" and "with". Here's where to go from here.

Full dictionary entry for "which" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "with" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #1,951,275 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"which" and "with" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs which". 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.