wehen
\ˈveːən\
The verdict
“wehen” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 5
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Souffler.
Corpus desk
Index FR-wehen · wehen · French
wehen · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "W" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | wehen |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \ˈveːən\ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
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Rare enough to double-check
wehen is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \ˈveːən\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "Souffler.".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for wehen, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable French rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct French form is wehen, spelled W-E-H-E-N.
Definition
- 1Souffler.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how wehen appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Der Wind weht. - Le vent souffle.
Wir wollten auf der Strandpromenade spazieren. Aber dort weht der Wind und ich hatte nichts unter, also sind wir zurückgegangen.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.