# wait vs war

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### wait
*verb · IPA [weɪt] · frequency rank #20,121*
warten, abwarten

### war
*verb · IPA [vaːɐ̯] · frequency rank #39*
1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum des Verbs sein

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