# wen

> English word · Noun · IPA /wɛn/ · frequency rank #15,307

## Definitions
1. A cyst on the skin; a tumor or wart.

## Etymology
From Middle English wen, wenne, from Old English wenn, wænn (“wen”), from Proto-Germanic *wanjaz. Cognate with Dutch wen (“goiter”), Low German Ween (“wen”), dialectal German Wenne (“wen”), Danish van, væne.

## Easily confused with
- **wi** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wen-vs-wi)
- **Wu** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wen-vs-wu)
- **wo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wen-vs-wo)
- **wt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wen-vs-wt)
- **WS** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wen-vs-ws)
- **WV** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wen-vs-wv)
- **WL** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wen-vs-wl)
- **wy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wen-vs-wy)
- **WF** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wen-vs-wf)
- **who** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wen-vs-who)
- **why** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wen-vs-why)
- **win** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wen-vs-win)
- **won** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wen-vs-won)
- **wow** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wen-vs-wow)
- **wet** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wen-vs-wet)
- **WTF** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wen-vs-wtf)
- **WWE** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wen-vs-wwe)
- **wit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wen-vs-wit)
- **woo** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wen-vs-woo)
- **Wii** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wen-vs-wii)

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