# wait vs what

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### what
*pronoun · IPA [wɒt] · frequency rank #4,752*
was?

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