# went vs were

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### went
*verb · IPA /ˈwεnt/ · frequency rank #39,927*
passado simples do verbo go:

### were
*noun · frequency rank #13,865*
homem, algo hominizado

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