Which to use
“wines” is a noun and “winless” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #9,695
- “wines” frequency rank
- #40,087
- “winless” frequency rank
- 49782
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | wines | winless |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | plural of wine | Having never won; without a win; unsuccessful. |
Letter map: wines vs winless
Shared letters muted; letters that set wines and winless apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.
Role in the sentence - wines and winless
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: wines is anoun and winlessanadjective. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49782, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
wines is recorded at frequency rank #9,695, classified as anoun, pronounced /waɪnz/. winless is at rank #40,087, tagged as anadj.
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 49782, this pair ranks #180,336 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of wines vs winless
Shared letters: einsw. Private to "wines": -. Private to "winless": l.
"wines" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "winless" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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What to do next
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- Full dictionary entry for "wines" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "winless" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #180,336 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "wines" and "winless" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Wiles vs winless". 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 #180,336 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.