# wide vs Wien

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### wide
*adjective · IPA [waɪd] · frequency rank #20,128*
von großer Ausdehnung

### Wien
*name · IPA [viːn] · frequency rank #563*
Hauptstadt Österreichs

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