# wider vs Wien

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### wider
*adjective · IPA /ˈwaɪdɚ/ · frequency rank #4,813*
comparative form of wide: more wide

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

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-02.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wider-vs-wien