# was vs waste

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### waste
*noun · IPA […] · frequency rank #49,378*
Abfall

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-02.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/vs/was-vs-waste