# whence vs where

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### whence
*adverb · IPA /ʍɛns/ · frequency rank #25,641*
From where; from which place or source.

### where
*adverb · IPA /ˈwɛɚ/ · frequency rank #107*
In, at or to what place.

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