# Wales vs was

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Wales
*name · IPA [veɪlz] · frequency rank #13,979*
Landesteil des Vereinigten Königreiches

### 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/wales-vs-was