# wen vs went

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### wen
*pronoun · IPA [veːn] · frequency rank #1,529*
Akkusativ von wer

### 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: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/wen-vs-went