Which to use
“within” is a preposition and “won” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #29,872
- “within” frequency rank
- #25,404
- “won” frequency rank
- 55276
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | within | won |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | innerhalb, in | Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs win |
Letter map: within vs won
Shared letters muted; letters that set within and won apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for within / won
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: within is apreposition and wonaverb. On the page they differ by 3 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55276, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
within is recorded at frequency rank #29,872, classified as aprep, pronounced […]. won is at rank #25,404, 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 55276, this pair ranks #985,890 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of within vs won
Shared letters: nw. Private to "within": hit. Private to "won": o.
"within" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "won" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- within ← iwthin · wihtin · withhin · withinn · withni · witihn · witthin · wtihin
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "within" for "won" ever safe?
Frequency check: "within" vs "won" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pair "within" vs "won" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "within" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "won" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #985,890 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "within" and "won" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs within". 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 #985,890 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.