# waren vs worin

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### waren
*verb · IPA [ˈvaːʁən] · frequency rank #115*
1. Person Plural Präteritum Indikativ Aktiv des Verbs sein

### worin
*adverb · IPA [voˈʁɪn] · frequency rank #11,789*
in welcher Sache

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