Which to use
“winking” and “winnings” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #36,397
- “winking” frequency rank
- #21,425
- “winnings” frequency rank
- 57822
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | winking | winnings |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | The act of someone who winks. | plural of winning |
Letter map: winking vs winnings
Shared letters muted; letters that set winking and winnings apart highlighted. Shared run: 6. winking runs 7 letters (CVCCVCC) against winnings's 8 (CVCCVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Corpus notes: winking and winnings
winking and winnings are indexed as a confusable English pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 57822, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
winking is recorded at frequency rank #36,397, classified as anoun. winnings is at rank #21,425, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈwɪnɪŋz/.
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 57822, this pair ranks #116,697 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of winking vs winnings
Shared letters: ginw. Private to "winking": k. Private to "winnings": s.
"winking" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC · "winnings" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "winking" and "winnings" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "winking" or "winnings"?
What to do next
Pair "winking" vs "winnings" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "winking" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "winnings" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #116,697 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "winking" and "winnings" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "winging vs winking". 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 #116,697 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.