Which to use
“weed” and “weeks” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,566
- “weed” frequency rank
- #669
- “weeks” frequency rank
- 5235
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | weed | weeks |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Any plant unwanted at the place where and at the time when it is growing. | plural of week |
Where the eye mixes weed and weeks
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: weed vs weeks
A purely visual mix-up. weed (/wiːd/) and weeks (/wiːks/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 5235, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
weed is recorded at frequency rank #4,566, classified as anoun, pronounced /wiːd/. weeks is at rank #669, tagged as anoun, pronounced /wiːks/.
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 5235, this pair ranks #516,092 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of weed vs weeks
Shared letters: ew. Private to "weed": d. Private to "weeks": ks.
"weed" · 4 letters · shape CVVC · "weeks" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "weed" and "weeks" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary English text, does "weed" or "weeks" show up more?
After this comparison
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "weed" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "weeks" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #516,092 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "weed" and "weeks" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "weed vs werk". 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 #516,092 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.