# what vs WHO

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### WHO
*abbrev · IPA [veːhaːˈʔoː] · frequency rank #4,667*
Weltgesundheitsorganisation

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