# won vs word

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### won
*verb · IPA […] · frequency rank #25,404*
Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs win

### word
*noun · IPA [wɜːd] · frequency rank #8,661*
kleinste selbstständige bedeutungstragende Einheit der Sprache

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/won-vs-word