Which to use
“wie” is a pronoun and “wink” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #42,122
- “wie” frequency rank
- #47,685
- “wink” frequency rank
- 89807
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | wie | wink |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Qui. | Deuxième personne du singulier de l’impératif présent de winken. |
Letter map: wie vs wink
Shared letters muted; letters that set wie and wink apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. wie runs 3 letters (CVV) against wink's 4 (CVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - wie and wink
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: wie is apronoun and winkaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 89807, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
wie is recorded at frequency rank #42,122, classified as apron. wink is at rank #47,685, tagged as averb, pronounced \vɪŋk\.
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 89807, this pair ranks #5,418 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of wie vs wink
Shared letters: iw. Private to "wie": e. Private to "wink": kn.
"wie" · 3 letters · shape CVV · "wink" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- wink ← iwnk · wikn · winkk · winnk · wnik · wwink
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
Pair "wie" vs "wink" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "wie" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "wink" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #5,418 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "wie" and "wink" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "went vs wink". 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 #5,418 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.