Which to use
“wink” is a verb and “wook” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #15,085
- “wink” frequency rank
- #38,248
- “wook” frequency rank
- 53333
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | wink | wook |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | To close one's eyes in sleep. | An unwashed, unemployed moocher who enjoys traveling to festivals and crashes at other people's houses. |
Letter map: wink vs wook
Shared letters muted; letters that set wink and wook apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for wink / wook
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: wink is averb and wookanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53333, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
wink is recorded at frequency rank #15,085, classified as averb, pronounced /ˈwɪŋk/. wook is at rank #38,248, tagged as anoun.
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 53333, this pair ranks #149,851 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of wink vs wook
Shared letters: kw. Private to "wink": in. Private to "wook": o.
"wink" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "wook" · 4 letters · shape CVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "wink" for "wook" ever safe?
Which is more common, "wink" or "wook"?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "wink" and "wook".
- Full dictionary entry for "wink" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "wook" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #149,851 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "wink" and "wook" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "wook vs wove". 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 #149,851 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.