# Wac vs wai

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Wac
*noun · frequency rank #48,555*
A member of the Women's Army Corps, the women's branch of the United States Army from 1942-1978.

### wai
*noun · IPA /waɪ/ · frequency rank #24,637*
A Thai greeting wherein the palms are brought together in front of the face or chest, sometimes accompanied with a bow.

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