# weird vs were

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### weird
*adjective · IPA /ˈwɪə(ɹ)d/ · frequency rank #1,653*
Having an unusually strange character or behaviour.

### were
*verb · IPA /wə(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #52*
second-person singular simple past indicative of be

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