# warst vs West

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### West
*noun · IPA [vɛst] · frequency rank #2,097*
Haupthimmelsrichtung Westen

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