# warm vs was

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### warm
*adjective · IPA [vaʁm] · frequency rank #2,569*
von hoher Temperatur (zwischen lau und heiß)

### 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/warm-vs-was