# Wien vs wires

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### wires
*noun · IPA /waɪəz/ · frequency rank #9,007*
plural of wire

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