Which to use
“Willem” is a name and “willis” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #30,863
- “Willem” frequency rank
- #23,417
- “willis” frequency rank
- 54280
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Willem | willis |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Nom de famille. | Jeunes filles condamnées, d’après une légende de Bohême, à sortir, après leur mort, du tombeau et à danser toute la nuit. |
Letter map: Willem vs willis
Shared letters muted; letters that set Willem and willis apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. Willem and willis follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Grammar separator: Willem vs willis
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Willem is aname and willisanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54280, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Willem is recorded at frequency rank #30,863, classified as aname. willis is at rank #23,417, tagged as anoun, pronounced \wil.lis\.
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 54280, this pair ranks #135,088 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of Willem vs willis
Shared letters: ilw. Private to "Willem": em. Private to "willis": s.
"Willem" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "willis" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "Willem" and "willis" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary French text, does "Willem" or "willis" show up more?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Willem" and "willis".
- Full dictionary entry for "Willem" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "willis" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #135,088 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Willem" and "willis" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "wallet vs Willem". 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 #135,088 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.