# Wald vs was

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Wald
*noun · IPA [valt] · frequency rank #1,342*
größere von Bäumen dicht bewachsene Fläche

### 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/wald-vs-was