Which to use
“won” is a verb and “Wort” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #25,404
- “won” frequency rank
- #527
- “Wort” frequency rank
- 25931
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | won | Wort |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs win | kleinste, eine selbstständige Bedeutung tragende Einheit der Sprache, eine grammatische Einheit |
Letter map: won vs Wort
Shared letters muted; letters that set won and Wort apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Role in the sentence - won and Wort
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: won is averb and Wortanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25931, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
won is recorded at frequency rank #25,404, classified as averb, pronounced […]. Wort is at rank #527, tagged as anoun, pronounced [vɔʁt].
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 25931, this pair ranks #1,825,814 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of won vs Wort
Shared letters: ow. Private to "won": n. Private to "Wort": rt.
"won" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "Wort" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- Wort ← owrt · worrt · wortt · wotr · wrot · wwort
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "won" for "Wort" ever safe?
Frequency check: "won" vs "Wort" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pair "won" vs "Wort" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "won" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Wort" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,825,814 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "won" and "Wort" 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 #1,825,814 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.