# waa vs wadi

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### waa
*intj · IPA /wæː/ · frequency rank #47,413*
Alternative spelling of wah (“sound of a baby crying”)

### wadi
*noun · IPA /ˈwɑdi/ · frequency rank #37,278*
A valley, gully, or stream bed in northern Africa and southwest Asia that remains dry except during the rainy season.

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