# warf vs was

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### warf
*verb · IPA [vaʁf] · frequency rank #4,666*
1. Person Singular Indikativ Präteritum Aktiv des Verbs werfen

### 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/warf-vs-was