Which to use
“we're” is a contraction and “wears” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #394
- “we're” frequency rank
- #6,316
- “wears” frequency rank
- 6710
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | we're | wears |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Contraction of we + are. | plural of wear |
Where the eye mixes we're and wears
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: we're is /wɪə/ while wears is /wɛəz/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (contraction vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 6710, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
we're is recorded at frequency rank #394, classified as acontraction, pronounced /wɪə/. wears is at rank #6,316, tagged as anoun, pronounced /wɛəz/.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 6710, this pair ranks #510,296 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of we're vs wears
Shared letters: erw. Private to "we're": -. Private to "wears": as.
"we're" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "wears" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
- wears ← ewars · waers · wearrs · wearss · weasr · weras · wwears