wonvsWutTell them apart

Quick tell: won is a verb, Wut is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

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

#25,404
“won” frequency rank
#4,174
“Wut” frequency rank
29578
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature won Wut
Definition Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs win starke Gemütserregung, ein Gefühl großen Ärgers, oft in Verbindung mit aggressivem Verhalten

Letter map: won vs Wut

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

3 ch
won
3 ch
Wut

Role in the sentence - won and Wut

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: won is averb and Wutanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 29578, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

won is recorded at frequency rank #25,404, classified as averb, pronounced […]. Wut is at rank #4,174, tagged as anoun, pronounced [vuːt].

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 29578, this pair ranks #1,764,229 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of won vs Wut

Shared letters: w. Private to "won": no. Private to "Wut": tu.

"won" · 3 letters · shape CVC  ·  "Wut" · 3 letters · shape CVC

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "won" and "Wut" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "won" is a verb and "Wut" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "won" vs "Wut" - which ranks higher?
"Wut" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #4,174 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.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "won" and "Wut".

  • Full dictionary entry for "won" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Wut" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #1,764,229 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "won" and "Wut" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs won". Nearby pair

Confusion rank #1,764,229 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list