# waa vs who

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### who
*pronoun · IPA /huː/ · frequency rank #53*
What person or people; which person or people; asks for the identity of someone; used in a direct or indirect question.

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