Which to use
“written” is a verb and “WS” is an abbrev - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #43,644
- “written” frequency rank
- #21,852
- “WS” frequency rank
- 65496
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | written | WS |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Partizip Perfekt (past participle) des Verbs write | Wintersemester |
Letter map: written vs WS
Shared letters muted; letters that set written and WS apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.
Part-of-speech tell for written / WS
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: written is averb and WSanabbrev. On the page they differ by 5 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65496, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
written is recorded at frequency rank #43,644, classified as averb, pronounced […]. WS is at rank #21,852, tagged as anabbrev, pronounced […].
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 65496, this pair ranks #604,894 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of written vs WS
Shared letters: w. Private to "written": einrt. Private to "WS": s.
"written" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC · "WS" · 2 letters · shape CC
Known mistypes of this pair
- written ← rwitten · wirtten · writen · writetn · writtenn · writtne · wrritten · wrtiten
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "written" for "WS" ever safe?
In ordinary German text, does "written" or "WS" show up more?
After this comparison
Pair "written" vs "WS" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "written" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "WS" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #604,894 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "written" and "WS" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs written". 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 #604,894 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.