# weint vs went

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### weint
*verb · IPA [vaɪ̯nt] · frequency rank #8,809*
2. Person Plural Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs weinen

### went
*verb · IPA [went] · frequency rank #48,632*
Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs go

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