Which to use
“won” is a verb and “wovon” is an adverb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #25,404
- “won” frequency rank
- #3,785
- “wovon” frequency rank
- 29189
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | won | wovon |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs win | von welcher Sache/Angelegenheit |
Letter map: won vs wovon
Shared letters muted; letters that set won and wovon apart highlighted. Shared run: 3.
Grammar separator: won vs wovon
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: won is averb and wovonanadverb. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29189, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
won is recorded at frequency rank #25,404, classified as averb, pronounced […]. wovon is at rank #3,785, tagged as anadv, pronounced [voˈfɔn].
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 29189, this pair ranks #1,771,397 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of won vs wovon
Shared letters: now. Private to "won": -. Private to "wovon": v.
"won" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "wovon" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- wovon ← owvon · woovn · wovno · wovonn · wovvon · wvoon · wwovon
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "won" and "wovon" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "won" or "wovon"?
What to do next
Pair "won" vs "wovon" 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 "wovon" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,771,397 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "won" and "wovon" 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 #1,771,397 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.