Which to use
“war” is a verb and “work” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #5,265
- “war” frequency rank
- #6,253
- “work” frequency rank
- 11518
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | war | work |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | primeira pessoa do singular do presente do indicativo do verbo sein | trabalho |
Letter map: war vs work
Shared letters muted; letters that set war and work apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.
Role in the sentence - war and work
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: war is averb and workanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11518, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
war is recorded at frequency rank #5,265, classified as averb, pronounced /ˈvaːɐ̯/. work is at rank #6,253, 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 11518, this pair ranks #61,311 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of war vs work
Shared letters: rw. Private to "war": a. Private to "work": ko.
"war" · 3 letters · shape CVC · "work" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- work ← owrk · wokr · workk · worrk · wrok · wwork
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "war" for "work" ever safe?
Frequency check: "war" vs "work" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "war" and "work".
- Full dictionary entry for "war" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "work" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #61,311 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "war" and "work" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "war vs watt". 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 #61,311 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.