# wehen vs wehtun

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### wehen
*verb · IPA [ˈveːən] · frequency rank #13,067*
eine Luftströmung verursachen

### wehtun
*verb · IPA [ˈveːˌtuːn] · frequency rank #28,018*
Schmerzen zufügen

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