# Welpe vs Wespen

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Welpe
*noun · IPA [ˈvɛlpə] · frequency rank #32,362*
junger Fuchs, Wolf oder Hund

### Wespen
*noun · IPA [ˈvɛspn̩] · frequency rank #22,568*
Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Wespe

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