# wait vs weist

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### weist
*verb · IPA [vaɪ̯st] · frequency rank #2,275*
2. Person Singular Indikativ Präsens Aktiv des Verbs weisen

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