Which to use
“we're” is an abbrev and “welke” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #36,728
- “we're” frequency rank
- #47,128
- “welke” frequency rank
- 83856
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | we're | welke |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | „we are:“ wir sind | Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs welk |
Letter map: we're vs welke
Shared letters muted; letters that set we're and welke apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. we're runs 4 letters (CVCV) against welke's 5 (CVCCV) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for we're / welke
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: we're is anabbrev and welkeanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 83856, 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 […]. welke is at rank #47,128, tagged as anadj, pronounced [ˈvɛlkə].
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 83856, this pair ranks #133,051 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of we're vs welke
Shared letters: ew. Private to "we're": r. Private to "welke": kl.
"we're" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "welke" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- welke ← ewlke · wekle · welek · welkke · wellke · wleke · wwelke
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "we're" and "welke" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary German text, does "we're" or "welke" show up more?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "we're" and "welke".
- Full dictionary entry for "we're" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "welke" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #133,051 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "we're" and "welke" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "wehte vs welke". 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 #133,051 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.