# wash vs wes

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### wes
*pronoun · IPA [vɛs] · frequency rank #22,214*
wessen (Genitiv von wer und was)

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