Which to use
“woman” is a noun and “won” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #15,530
- “woman” frequency rank
- #25,404
- “won” frequency rank
- 40934
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | woman | won |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Frau | Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs win |
Letter map: woman vs won
Shared letters muted; letters that set woman and won apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. woman runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against won's 3 (CVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - woman and won
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: woman is anoun and wonaverb. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40934, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
woman is recorded at frequency rank #15,530, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈwʊmən]. 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 40934, this pair ranks #1,494,100 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of woman vs won
Shared letters: now. Private to "woman": am. Private to "won": -.
"woman" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "won" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- woman ← owman · wmoan · woamn · womann · womman · womna · wwoman
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "woman" and "won" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "woman" or "won"?
After this comparison
You've compared "woman" and "won". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "woman" 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 #1,494,100 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "woman" and "won" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs won". 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 #1,494,100 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.