# were vs wise

> French confusable word pair

## The two words

### were
*noun · frequency rank #18,909*
Wergeld, amende qu’un meurtrier devait payer en compensation aux parents de la victime.

### wise
*adjective · IPA \waɪz\ · frequency rank #41,076*
Sage, avisé.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/fr/vs/were-vs-wise