# Want vs won

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### Want
*noun · IPA [vant] · frequency rank #12,000*
„Seil oder Stange zur seitlichen Verspannung eines Masts“

### won
*verb · IPA […] · frequency rank #25,404*
Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs win

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