Which to use
“women” is a noun and “won” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #15,001
- “women” frequency rank
- #25,404
- “won” frequency rank
- 40405
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | women | won |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Plural des Substantivs woman | Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs win |
Letter map: women vs won
Shared letters muted; letters that set women and won apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. women 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.
Grammar separator: women vs won
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: women is anoun and wonaverb. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40405, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
women is recorded at frequency rank #15,001, classified as anoun, pronounced [ˈwɪmɨn]. 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 40405, this pair ranks #1,509,457 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of women vs won
Shared letters: now. Private to "women": em. Private to "won": -.
"women" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "won" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- women ← owmen · wmoen · woemn · womenn · wommen · womne · wwomen
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "women" for "won" ever safe?
Frequency check: "women" vs "won" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pair "women" vs "won" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "women" 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 #1,509,457 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "women" 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 #1,509,457 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.