# we're

> English word · Contraction · IPA /wɪə/ · frequency rank #394

## Definitions
1. Contraction of we + are.

## Easily confused with
- **wee** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/we-re-vs-wee)
- **wer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/we-re-vs-wer)
- **were** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/we-re-vs-were)
- **wear** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/we-re-vs-wear)
- **wire** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/we-re-vs-wire)
- **wore** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/we-re-vs-wore)
- **weir** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/we-re-vs-weir)
- **werk** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/we-re-vs-werk)
- **where** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/we-re-vs-where)
- **we've** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/we-re-vs-we-ve)
- **weird** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/we-re-vs-weird)
- **wears** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/we-re-vs-wears)
- **whore** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/we-re-vs-whore)
- **wedge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/we-re-vs-wedge)
- **weary** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/we-re-vs-weary)
- **weave** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/we-re-vs-weave)
- **wearer** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/we-re-vs-wearer)
- **who're** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/we-re-vs-who-re)
- **we'd** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/we-d-vs-we-re)
- **ware** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ware-vs-we-re)

## Common misspellings (6)
`ew're`, `w'ere`, `we'er`, `we'rre`, `wer'e`, `wwe're`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/we-re