Which to use
“wine” and “wins” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,884
- “wine” frequency rank
- #2,056
- “wins” frequency rank
- 3940
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | wine | wins |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | An alcoholic beverage made by fermenting grape juice, with an ABV ranging from 5.5–16%. | plural of win |
Where the eye mixes wine and wins
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. wine (/waɪn/) and wins (/wɪnz/) 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 a single letter - e in “wine” becomes s in “wins”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 3940, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
wine is recorded at frequency rank #1,884, classified as anoun, pronounced /waɪn/. wins is at rank #2,056, tagged as anoun, pronounced /wɪnz/.
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 3940, this pair ranks #520,505 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of wine vs wins
Shared letters: inw. Private to "wine": e. Private to "wins": s.
"wine" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "wins" · 4 letters · shape CVCC