Which to use
“wine” is a noun and “wund” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #25,401
- “wine” frequency rank
- #27,577
- “wund” frequency rank
- 52978
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | wine | wund |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Wein | an der Haut aufgeschürft |
Where the eye mixes wine and wund
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. wine (CVCV) and wund (CVCC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Visual trap between wine and wund
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: wine is [waɪn] while wund is [vʊnt]. 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 (noun vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52978, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
wine is recorded at frequency rank #25,401, classified as anoun, pronounced [waɪn]. wund is at rank #27,577, tagged as anadj, pronounced [vʊnt].
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 52978, this pair ranks #1,075,825 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of wine vs wund
Shared letters: nw. Private to "wine": ei. Private to "wund": du.
"wine" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "wund" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "wine" for "wund" ever safe?
Frequency check: "wine" vs "wund" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "wine" and "wund" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "wine" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "wund" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,075,825 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "wine" and "wund" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "went vs wund". 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 #1,075,825 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.