# wecken vs wessen

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### wecken
*verb · IPA [ˈvɛkn̩] · frequency rank #7,424*
jemanden aus dem Schlaf holen, wach machen

### wessen
*pronoun · IPA [ˈvɛsn̩] · frequency rank #12,833*
Genitiv von wer

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