# where

> German word · Adverb · IPA [wɛə] · frequency rank #13,519

## Definitions
1. wo
2. wohin

## Easily confused with
- **wire** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/where-vs-wire)
- **woher** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/where-vs-woher)
- **white** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/where-vs-white)
- **Wiese** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/where-vs-wiese)
- **Wiege** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/where-vs-wiege)
- **while** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/where-vs-while)
- **wirre** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/where-vs-wirre)
- **wer** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/wer-vs-where)
- **Wert** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/wert-vs-where)
- **Werk** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/werk-vs-where)
- **Wege** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/wege-vs-where)
- **werd** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/werd-vs-where)
- **Ware** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/ware-vs-where)
- **when** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/when-vs-where)
- **Wehe** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/wehe-vs-where)
- **were** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/were-vs-where)
- **Werl** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/werl-vs-where)
- **werde** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/werde-vs-where)
- **Werke** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/werke-vs-where)
- **Werte** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/werte-vs-where)

## Common misspellings (6)
`hwere`, `wheer`, `wherre`, `whhere`, `whree`, `wwhere`

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