Which to use
“we're” is an abbrev and “wehre” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #36,728
- “we're” frequency rank
- #35,548
- “wehre” frequency rank
- 72276
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | we're | wehre |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | „we are:“ wir sind | 1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs wehren |
Letter map: we're vs wehre
Shared letters muted; letters that set we're and wehre apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. we're runs 4 letters (CVCV) against wehre's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - we're and wehre
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: we're is anabbrev and wehreaverb. On the page they differ by a single letter - ' in “we're” becomes h in “wehre”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 72276, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
we're is recorded at frequency rank #36,728, classified as anabbrev, pronounced […]. wehre is at rank #35,548, tagged as averb, pronounced [ˈveːʁə].
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 72276, this pair ranks #392,849 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of we're vs wehre
Shared letters: erw. Private to "we're": -. Private to "wehre": h.
"we're" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "wehre" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- wehre ← ewhre · weher · wehhre · wehrre · werhe · wwehre
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "we're" for "wehre" ever safe?
Frequency check: "we're" vs "wehre" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "we're" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "wehre" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #392,849 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "we're" and "wehre" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs we're". 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 #392,849 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.