Which to use
“work” and “world” are a confusable French pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,297
- “work” frequency rank
- #4,200
- “world” frequency rank
- 17497
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | work | world |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Travail. | Monde, univers, Terre. |
Where the eye mixes work and world
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: work vs world
A purely visual mix-up. work (\ˈwɝk\) and world (\ˈwɝld\) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17497, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
work is recorded at frequency rank #13,297, classified as anoun, pronounced \ˈwɝk\. world is at rank #4,200, tagged as anoun, pronounced \ˈwɝld\.
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 17497, this pair ranks #382,884 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of work vs world
Shared letters: orw. Private to "work": k. Private to "world": dl.
"work" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "world" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "work" and "world" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "work" vs "world" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "work" and "world" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "work" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "world" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #382,884 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "work" and "world" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "wink vs work". 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 #382,884 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.