windetvswindowWhat's the difference?

Quick tell: windet is a verb, window is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“windet” is a verb and “window” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#39,727
“windet” frequency rank
#37,899
“window” frequency rank
77626
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature windet window
Definition 3. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs winden üblicherweise durch Glas in einem Rahmen verschlossene Öffnung in einer Wand oder dem Dach eines Gebäudes oder Fahrzeugs

Where the eye mixes windet and window

Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.

6 ch
windet
6 ch
window

Visual trap between windet and window

These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: windet is [ˈvɪndət] while window is [ˈwɪndəʊ]. 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 (verb vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 77626, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

windet is recorded at frequency rank #39,727, classified as averb, pronounced [ˈvɪndət]. window is at rank #37,899, tagged as anoun, pronounced [ˈwɪndəʊ].

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 77626, this pair ranks #256,557 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of windet vs window

Shared letters: dinw. Private to "windet": et. Private to "window": o.

"windet" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "window" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • windetiwndet · widnet · winddet · windett · windte · winedt · winndet · wnidet
  • windowiwndow · widnow · winddow · windoww · windwo · winndow · winodw · wnidow

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "windet" and "window" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "windet" is a verb and "window" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "windet" or "window"?
"window" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #37,899 in our German list, against #39,727 for "windet". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Eye-level mix-up between "windet" and "window" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.

  • Full dictionary entry for "windet" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "window" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #256,557 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "windet" and "window" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "windet vs wurdet". 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 #256,557 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list