Which to use
“Willem” is a name and “willig” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #30,873
- “Willem” frequency rank
- #25,843
- “willig” frequency rank
- 56716
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Willem | willig |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | männlicher Vorname | Erwartungen, Anforderungen von anderen gerne erfüllend |
Letter map: Willem vs willig
Shared letters muted; letters that set Willem and willig apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.
Part-of-speech tell for Willem / willig
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Willem is aname and williganadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56716, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Willem is recorded at frequency rank #30,873, classified as aname, pronounced […]. willig is at rank #25,843, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈvɪlɪç].
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 56716, this pair ranks #929,385 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of Willem vs willig
Shared letters: ilw. Private to "Willem": em. Private to "willig": g.
"Willem" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "willig" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Willem" for "willig" ever safe?
Frequency check: "Willem" vs "willig" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pair "Willem" vs "willig" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "Willem" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "willig" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #929,385 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Willem" and "willig" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs Willem". 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 #929,385 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.