# what vs white

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### what
*pronoun · IPA [wɒt] · frequency rank #4,752*
was?

### white
*adjective · IPA [waɪt] · frequency rank #4,316*
weiß

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