Which to use
“wilden” is an adjective and “Windes” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #5,235
- “wilden” frequency rank
- #36,738
- “Windes” frequency rank
- 41973
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | wilden | Windes |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Genitiv Singular Maskulinum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs wild | Genitiv Singular des Substantivs Wind |
Where the eye mixes wilden and Windes
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. wilden and Windes follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: wilden vs Windes
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: wilden is [ˈvɪldn̩] while Windes is [ˈvɪndəs]. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41973, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
wilden is recorded at frequency rank #5,235, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈvɪldn̩]. Windes is at rank #36,738, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈvɪndəs].
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 41973, this pair ranks #1,463,456 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of wilden vs Windes
Shared letters: deinw. Private to "wilden": l. Private to "Windes": s.
"wilden" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "Windes" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "wilden" and "Windes" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "wilden" vs "Windes" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "wilden" and "Windes" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "wilden" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Windes" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,463,456 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "wilden" and "Windes" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Windes vs wirres". 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 #1,463,456 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.