Which to use
“wills” and “working” are a confusable German pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #27,136
- “wills” frequency rank
- #19,089
- “working” frequency rank
- 46225
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | wills | working |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs will | Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs work |
Letter map: wills vs working
Shared letters muted; letters that set wills and working apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Pair insight - wills / working
wills and working are indexed as a confusable German pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46225, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
wills is recorded at frequency rank #27,136, classified as averb, 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 46225, this pair ranks #1,326,372 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of wills vs working
Shared letters: iw. Private to "wills": ls. Private to "working": gknor.
"wills" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC · "working" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "wills" for "working" ever safe?
Frequency check: "wills" vs "working" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "wills" and "working".
- Full dictionary entry for "wills" 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 #1,326,372 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "wills" and "working" 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 #1,326,372 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.