Which to use
“willig” is an adjective and “wills” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #25,843
- “willig” frequency rank
- #27,136
- “wills” frequency rank
- 52979
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | willig | wills |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Erwartungen, Anforderungen von anderen gerne erfüllend | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs will |
Letter map: willig vs wills
Shared letters muted; letters that set willig and wills apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.
Part-of-speech tell for willig / wills
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: willig is anadjective and willsaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52979, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
willig is recorded at frequency rank #25,843, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈvɪlɪç]. wills is at rank #27,136, 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 52979, this pair ranks #1,075,789 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of willig vs wills
Shared letters: ilw. Private to "willig": g. Private to "wills": s.
"willig" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "wills" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "willig" and "wills" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "willig" vs "wills" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
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- Full dictionary entry for "willig" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "wills" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,075,789 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "willig" and "wills" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs wills". 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 #1,075,789 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.