# Wels vs WS

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Wels
*noun · IPA [vɛls] · frequency rank #15,523*
Fisch der Gattung Silurus oder der Familie Siluridae

### WS
*abbrev · IPA […] · frequency rank #21,852*
Wintersemester

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