# wer vs where

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### wer
*pronoun · IPA [veːɐ̯] · frequency rank #133*
fragt nach einer Person oder mehreren Personen

### where
*adverb · IPA [wɛə] · frequency rank #13,519*
wo

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