# Wal vs was

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Wal
*noun · IPA [vaːl] · frequency rank #18,758*
oft sehr großes, im Wasser lebendes Säugetier (Ordnung Cetacea)

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

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