# Wehe vs wes

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Wehe
*noun · IPA [ˈveːə] · frequency rank #9,122*
seelischer Schmerz

### wes
*pronoun · IPA [vɛs] · frequency rank #22,214*
wessen (Genitiv von wer und was)

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