# warst vs wash

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### warst
*verb · IPA [vaːɐ̯st] · frequency rank #3,092*
2. Person Singular Präteritum Indikativ des Verbs sein

### wash
*verb · IPA [wɒʃ] · frequency rank #44,357*
waschen, säubern

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