wenn
\vɛn\
The verdict
“wenn” is an uncommon French word, ranked #72,835 in French word frequency and used as a conjunction.
- #72,835
- frequency rank, French
- 4
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed May 6, 2026) - Indique la temporalité, l’action de la principale se déroule en même temps ou juste après celle de la subordonnée : Quand, lorsque, dès que.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | wenn |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Conjunction |
| IPA | \vɛn\ |
| Letters | 4 |
| Frequency rank | #72,835 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Where “wenn” sits in French frequency
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
The French entry for wenn is 4 letters long, classified as a conjunction, and transcribed in the International Phonetic Alphabet as \vɛn\. Corpus data places it at rank #72,835 in overall French word frequency, marking it as uncommon enough that many writers pause before typing it. Wiktionary records 5 distinct senses for this headword, so context determines which meaning a reader should apply.
wenn has no tracked misspelling variants, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. Our dataset records no confusable match here, since no other headword is close enough in sound or shape to pair with it.
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 wenn, spelled W-E-N-N.
Definition
- 1Indique la temporalité, l’action de la principale se déroule en même temps ou juste après celle de la subordonnée : Quand, lorsque, dès que.
- 2Indique la temporalité, l’action de la principale se déroule chaque fois qu’intervient celle de la subordonnée : Quand, lorsque, (à) chaque fois que que, dès que.
- 3Indique la condition, le présupposé : Si.
- 4Indique la concession avec auch, doch, schon, gleich (wenn … auch, wenn … doch, wenn … schon, wenn … gleich) : Bien que, même si, alors que.
- 5(wenn … nur, wenn … doch, wenn … bloß) Indique le souhait, souvent avec le subjonctif II et avec nur, doch, bloß : Si (seulement).
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 French corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Using “wenn”
The practical upshot for anyone who landed here from a spell-check.
- The one correct French spelling is W-E-N-N - every other letter order is a misspelling in standard orthography.
- Say it as \vɛn\ (IPA); tap the speaker on the pronunciation badge to hear it where audio exists.
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Data Source
Wiktionary (via kaikki.org), licensed under CC BY-SA & GFDL. Word ordering uses an open word-frequency list; misspelling variants are generated by edit-distance from the correct headword.