# Wien

> English word · Proper noun · frequency rank #38,244

## Definitions
1. A surname from German.
2. Alternative form of Vienna: the capital and largest city of Austria.

## Etymology
From German Wien (“Vienna”); a habitational surname for the city. Doublet of Vienna.

## Easily confused with
- **win** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wien-vs-win)
- **won** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wien-vs-won)
- **WWE** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wien-vs-wwe)
- **wit** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wien-vs-wit)
- **Wii** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wien-vs-wii)
- **wig** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wien-vs-wig)
- **woe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wien-vs-woe)
- **wis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wien-vs-wis)
- **wiz** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wien-vs-wiz)
- **wye** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wien-vs-wye)
- **wim** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wien-vs-wim)
- **with** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wien-vs-with)
- **will** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wien-vs-will)
- **wife** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wien-vs-wife)
- **wish** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wien-vs-wish)
- **wind** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wien-vs-wind)
- **wild** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wien-vs-wild)
- **wine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wien-vs-wine)
- **wins** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wien-vs-wins)
- **wing** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wien-vs-wing)

## Common misspellings (4)
`iwen`, `wein`, `wienn`, `wwien`

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