# wandte vs waste

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### wandte
*verb · IPA [ˈvantə] · frequency rank #7,131*
1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs wenden

### waste
*noun · IPA […] · frequency rank #49,378*
Abfall

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