windvswindowWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“wind” and “window” are a confusable Portuguese pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#22,191
“wind” frequency rank
#26,597
“window” frequency rank
48788
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature wind window
Definition vento janela

Letter map: wind vs window

Shared letters muted; letters that set wind and window apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.

4 ch
wind
6 ch
window

Spelling & dictionary notes on wind vs window

wind and window are indexed as a confusable Portuguese pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “wind” sits inside “window”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48788, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

wind is recorded at frequency rank #22,191, classified as anoun. window is at rank #26,597, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈwɪn.doʊ/.

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 48788, this pair ranks #16,360 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of wind vs window

Shared letters: dinw. Private to "wind": -. Private to "window": o.

"wind" · 4 letters · shape CVCC  ·  "window" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • windiwnd · widn · windd · winnd · wnid · wwind
  • windowiwndow · widnow · winddow · windoww · windwo · winndow · winodw · wnidow

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "wind" and "window" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “wind” sits inside “window”, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "wind" vs "window" - which ranks higher?
"wind" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #22,191 in our Portuguese list, against #26,597 for "window". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "wind" and "window".

  • Full dictionary entry for "wind" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "window" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #16,360 of 75,631 scored Portuguese confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "wind" and "window" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "wind vs wir". 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 #16,360 of 75,631 scored Portuguese pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list