# went vs Wien

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### Wien
*name · IPA [viːn] · frequency rank #563*
Hauptstadt Österreichs

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