won vs WR, What's the Difference?

Which to use

“won” is a verb and “WR” is an abbrev - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#25,404
“won” frequency rank: #23,794
“WR” frequency rank: 49198
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature	won	WR
Definition	Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs win	Währungsreform

Letter map: won vs WR

Shared letters muted; letters that set won and WR apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.

3 ch

won

2 ch

Grammar separator: won vs WR

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: won is averb and WRanabbrev. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49198, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

won is recorded at frequency rank #25,404, classified as averb, pronounced […]. WR is at rank #23,794, tagged as anabbrev.

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 49198, this pair ranks #1,220,444 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of won vs WR

Shared letters: w. Private to "won": no. Private to "WR": r.

"won" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "WR" · 2 letters · shape CC

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "won" for "WR" ever safe?

No - they are not even the same part of speech. "won" is a verb and "WR" an abbrev, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.

Which is more common, "won" or "WR"?

"WR" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #23,794 in our German list, against #25,404 for "won". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "won" and "WR". Here's where to go from here.

Full dictionary entry for "won" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
Full dictionary entry for "WR" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
This pair ranks #1,220,444 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
"won" and "WR" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs won". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #1,220,444 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.