We're or where?
we're is a contraction meaning “Contraction of we + are”; where is an adverb meaning “In, at or to what place”. In written English (wordfreq, 2021 data) where is about 4.0 times as common as we're.
What is the difference between we're and where?
| we're | where | |
|---|---|---|
| Part of speech | contraction | adverb, conjunction, pronoun, noun, prefix |
| Meaning | Contraction of we + are | In, at or to what place In what situation While on the contrary; although; whereas |
| Example | none recorded | Where are you? |
| Pronunciation | /wɪə/ /weː/ /wə/ | /ˈwɛə/ [ˈwɛə] /ˈʍɛə/ |
| In writing | 251 times per million words | 1,000 times per million words |
Sources: we're and where in the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Every current meaning of we're and where
we're
- 1
Contraction of we + are
where
- 1
In, at or to what place
Where are you?
- 2
While on the contrary; although; whereas
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- 3
What place
Where did you come from?
- 4
The place in which something happens
A good article will cover the who, the what, the when, the where, the why and the how
- 5
Which, what, whom: compounded with prepositions to form compound relative and interrogative pronouns
of → whereof (“of which, of what, of whom”)
- 6
In what situation
Where would we be without our parents?
- 7
informalThat
I read where they caught the guy
- 8
In, at or to the place (that) or a place (that)
Stay where you are
Source: the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0); obsolete, archaic, dialect and rare senses left out.
Which is more common, we're or where?
we're appears 251 times per million words; where 1,000 times per million words.
we're 251 times per million wordswhere 1,000 times per million words
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).