Which to use
“winning” is a verb and “years” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #46,403
- “winning” frequency rank
- #13,282
- “years” frequency rank
- 59685
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | winning | years |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Partizip Präsens (present participle) des Verbs win | Plural des Substantivs year |
Letter map: winning vs years
Shared letters muted; letters that set winning and years apart highlighted. No shared letter run.
Grammar separator: winning vs years
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: winning is averb and yearsanoun. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 59685, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
winning is recorded at frequency rank #46,403, classified as averb, pronounced […]. years is at rank #13,282, tagged as anoun, 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 59685, this pair ranks #815,243 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of winning vs years
Shared letters: none. Private to "winning": ginw. Private to "years": aersy.
"winning" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC · "years" · 5 letters · shape VVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Frequency check: "winning" vs "years" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've compared "winning" and "years". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "winning" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "years" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #815,243 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "winning" and "years" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs winning". 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 #815,243 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.