# was vs wash

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### was
*pronoun · IPA [vas] · frequency rank #44*
sächliches Fragewort

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

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/was-vs-wash