# wage vs was

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### wage
*verb · IPA [ˈvaːɡə] · frequency rank #11,358*
1. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs wagen

### was
*pronoun · IPA [vas] · frequency rank #44*
sächliches Fragewort

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/wage-vs-was