# wages vs wastes

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### wages
*noun · IPA /ˈweɪd͡ʒɪz/ · frequency rank #4,726*
plural of wage. It may take a singular verb. E.g. 'the wages of sin is death' (Romans 6:23 KJV)

### wastes
*noun · IPA /weɪsts/ · frequency rank #18,215*
plural of waste

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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