Which to use
“won” is a verb and “wook” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #646
- “won” frequency rank
- #38,248
- “wook” frequency rank
- 38894
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | won | wook |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | simple past and past participle of win | An unwashed, unemployed moocher who enjoys traveling to festivals and crashes at other people's houses. |
Letter map: won vs wook
Shared letters muted; letters that set won and wook apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Part-of-speech tell for won / wook
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: won is averb and wookanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38894, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
won is recorded at frequency rank #646, classified as averb, pronounced /wʌn/. 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 38894, this pair ranks #281,749 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of won vs wook
Shared letters: ow. Private to "won": n. Private to "wook": k.
"won" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "wook" · 4 letters · shape CVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- wook ← owok · woko · wookk · wwook
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "won" and "wook" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "won" vs "wook" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "won" and "wook".
- Full dictionary entry for "won" 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 #281,749 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "won" 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 #281,749 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.