Which to use
“whisky” is a noun and “working” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #11,569
- “whisky” frequency rank
- #19,089
- “working” frequency rank
- 30658
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | whisky | working |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Whisky | Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs work |
Letter map: whisky vs working
Shared letters muted; letters that set whisky and working apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Role in the sentence - whisky and working
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: whisky is anoun and workingaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30658, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
whisky is recorded at frequency rank #11,569, classified as anoun, pronounced […]. working is at rank #19,089, 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 30658, this pair ranks #1,743,579 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of whisky vs working
Shared letters: ikw. Private to "whisky": hsy. Private to "working": gnor.
"whisky" · 6 letters · shape CCVCCV · "working" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "whisky" and "working" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "whisky" or "working"?
Useful next steps
Pair "whisky" vs "working" 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 "working" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,743,579 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "whisky" and "working" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs working". 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 #1,743,579 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.