# wes vs wig

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### wes
*pronoun · IPA [vɛs] · frequency rank #22,214*
wessen (Genitiv von wer und was)

### wig
*noun · IPA [wɪɡ] · frequency rank #46,402*
die Perücke

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