# winke vs wise

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### winke
*verb · IPA [ˈvɪŋkə] · frequency rank #32,873*
1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs winken

### wise
*adjective · IPA [waɪz] · frequency rank #35,561*
weise, klug

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