Which to use
“won” is a verb and “WWW” is an abbrev - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #25,404
- “won” frequency rank
- #14,467
- “WWW” frequency rank
- 39871
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | won | WWW |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs win | ein Hypertext-System, das über das Internet abgerufen werden kann |
Letter map: won vs WWW
Shared letters muted; letters that set won and WWW apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.
Part-of-speech tell for won / WWW
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: won is averb and WWWanabbrev. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39871, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
won is recorded at frequency rank #25,404, classified as averb, pronounced […]. WWW is at rank #14,467, tagged as anabbrev, pronounced [ˌveːveːˈveː].
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 39871, this pair ranks #1,524,546 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of won vs WWW
Shared letters: w. Private to "won": no. Private to "WWW": -.
"won" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "WWW" · 3 letters · shape CCC
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "won" for "WWW" ever safe?
Frequency check: "won" vs "WWW" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "won" and "WWW".
- Full dictionary entry for "won" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "WWW" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,524,546 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "won" and "WWW" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs won". Nearby pair
Confusion rank #1,524,546 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.