Which to use
“whisky” is a noun and “won” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #11,569
- “whisky” frequency rank
- #25,404
- “won” frequency rank
- 36973
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | whisky | won |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Whisky | Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs win |
Letter map: whisky vs won
Shared letters muted; letters that set whisky and won apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.
Role in the sentence - whisky and won
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: whisky is anoun and wonaverb. On the page they differ by 3 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 36973, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
whisky is recorded at frequency rank #11,569, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. won is at rank #25,404, 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 36973, this pair ranks #1,602,002 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of whisky vs won
Shared letters: w. Private to "whisky": hiksy. Private to "won": no.
"whisky" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV · "won" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- whisky ← hwisky · whhisky · whiksy · whiskky · whiskyy · whissky · whisyk · whsiky
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "whisky" for "won" ever safe?
Frequency check: "whisky" vs "won" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pair "whisky" vs "won" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "whisky" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "won" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,602,002 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "whisky" and "won" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs won". 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 #1,602,002 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.