# wah vs won

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### wah
*noun · IPA /wɑː/ · frequency rank #16,162*
The red panda.

### won
*verb · IPA /wʌn/ · frequency rank #646*
simple past and past participle of win

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wah-vs-won