# wittern vs Witwen

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### wittern
*verb · IPA [ˈvɪtɐn] · frequency rank #38,529*
etwas oder jemanden riechen

### Witwen
*noun · IPA [ˈvɪtvn̩] · frequency rank #29,432*
Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Witwe

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