# wes vs wish

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### wish
*noun · IPA [wɪʃ] · frequency rank #28,948*
der Wunsch, das Verlangen

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/wes-vs-wish