# Wien vs wig

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

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

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

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