# wau vs ways

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### wau
*intj · IPA [vaʊ̯] · frequency rank #39,137*
Laut, der beim Bellen eines Hundes entsteht

### ways
*noun · IPA […] · frequency rank #42,253*
Plural des Substantivs way

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