# werben vs were

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### werben
*verb · IPA [ˈvɛʁbn̩] · frequency rank #6,610*
bekanntmachen, zum Kauf auffordern

### were
*verb · IPA [wɜː] · frequency rank #13,071*
2. Person Singular simple past des Verbs be

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