# welke vs well

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### welke
*adjective · IPA [ˈvɛlkə] · frequency rank #47,128*
Nominativ Singular Femininum der starken Deklination des Positivs des Adjektivs welk

### well
*verb · IPA [vɛl] · frequency rank #9,299*
2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs wellen

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