# widen vs Wien

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### widen
*verb · IPA /ˈwaɪdn̩/ · frequency rank #21,113*
To become wide or wider.

### Wien
*name · frequency rank #38,244*
A surname from German.

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