# werden vs were

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### werden
*verb · IPA [ˈveːɐ̯dn̩] · frequency rank #45*
seinen Zustand ändern; einer Änderung unterlaufen

### 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: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/werden-vs-were