# wehren vs were

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### wehren
*verb · IPA [ˈveːʁən] · frequency rank #5,444*
sich etwas/jemandem entgegensetzen; gegen etwas Widerstand leisten

### were
*verb · IPA [wɜː] · frequency rank #13,071*
2. Person Singular simple past des Verbs be

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