# where's vs whereby

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### whereby
*adverb · IPA /wɛə(ɹ)ˈbaɪ/ · frequency rank #10,636*
By what, in which direction; how.

## 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-whereby