# wau vs why

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### why
*adverb · IPA [waɪ] · frequency rank #11,570*
warum

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