# Wein vs wig

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Wein
*noun · IPA [vaɪ̯n] · frequency rank #1,950*
die Rebe (Vitis), an der ^([2]) wächst

### wig
*noun · IPA [wɪɡ] · frequency rank #46,402*
die Perücke

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