# Weh vs wish

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Weh
*noun · IPA [veː] · frequency rank #2,474*
seelischer Schmerz

### wish
*noun · IPA [wɪʃ] · frequency rank #28,948*
der Wunsch, das Verlangen

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/weh-vs-wish