# what vs wit

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### wit
*adverb · IPA [wɪt] · frequency rank #45,706*
von weißer Farbe

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