# wake vs was

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### wake
*verb · IPA /weɪk/ · frequency rank #1,807*
(often followed by up) To stop sleeping.

### was
*verb · IPA /wəz/ · frequency rank #16*
first-person singular simple past indicative of be.

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