# wish vs wit

> German confusable word pair

## The two words

### wish
*noun · IPA [wɪʃ] · frequency rank #28,948*
der Wunsch, das Verlangen

### 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/wish-vs-wit