# win vs wince

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### win
*verb · IPA /wɪn/ · frequency rank #408*
To conquer, defeat.

### wince
*noun · IPA /wɪns/ · frequency rank #46,866*
A sudden movement or gesture of shrinking away.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-02.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/win-vs-wince