# wanted vs Wanzen

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### wanted
*verb · IPA […] · frequency rank #27,131*
Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs want

### Wanzen
*noun · IPA [ˈvant͡sn̩] · frequency rank #37,884*
Nominativ Plural des Substantivs Wanze

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