# were vs Werne

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### Werne
*name · IPA [ˈvɛʁnə] · frequency rank #40,319*
eine Stadt in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Deutschland

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