# went vs wett

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### wett
*verb · IPA [vɛt] · frequency rank #20,792*
2. Person Singular Imperativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs wetten

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