# wig vs won

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### won
*verb · IPA […] · frequency rank #25,404*
Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs win

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