# wachen vs when

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### wachen
*verb · IPA [ˈvaxn̩] · frequency rank #10,970*
nicht schlafen, ohne Schlaf bleiben

### when
*adverb · IPA [wɛn] · frequency rank #8,658*
wann

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/wachen-vs-when