# wait vs warm

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### warm
*adjective · IPA [vaʁm] · frequency rank #2,569*
von hoher Temperatur (zwischen lau und heiß)

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