# where's vs whereas

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### where's
*contraction · IPA /wɛə(ɹ)z/ · frequency rank #6,200*
Contraction of where + is.

### whereas
*adverb · IPA /weəɹˈæz/ · frequency rank #3,593*
Where (that).

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