# were

> Portuguese word · Noun · frequency rank #13,865

## Definitions
1. homem, algo hominizado

## Easily confused with
- **wet** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/were-vs-wet)
- **wir** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/were-vs-wir)
- **West** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/were-vs-west)
- **work** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/were-vs-work)
- **wide** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/were-vs-wide)
- **wine** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/were-vs-wine)
- **wise** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/were-vs-wise)
- **worm** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/were-vs-worm)
- **where** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/were-vs-where)
- **war** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/war-vs-were)
- **wen** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/wen-vs-were)
- **wee** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/wee-vs-were)
- **well** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/well-vs-were)
- **wake** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/wake-vs-were)
- **warm** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/warm-vs-were)
- **went** (https://plainspell.com/pt/vs/went-vs-were)

## Common misspellings (5)
`ewre`, `weer`, `werre`, `wree`, `wwere`

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