Which to use
“won” is a verb and “wund” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #25,404
- “won” frequency rank
- #27,577
- “wund” frequency rank
- 52981
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | won | wund |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs win | an der Haut aufgeschürft |
Letter map: won vs wund
Shared letters muted; letters that set won and wund apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Grammar separator: won vs wund
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: won is averb and wundanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52981, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
won is recorded at frequency rank #25,404, classified as averb, pronounced […]. wund is at rank #27,577, tagged as anadj, pronounced [vʊnt].
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 52981, this pair ranks #1,075,702 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of won vs wund
Shared letters: nw. Private to "won": o. Private to "wund": du.
"won" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "wund" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- wund ← uwnd · wnud · wudn · wundd · wunnd · wwund
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "won" for "wund" ever safe?
Which is more common, "won" or "wund"?
What to do next
You've compared "won" and "wund". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "won" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "wund" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,075,702 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "won" and "wund" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "went vs wund". 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 #1,075,702 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.