# wake vs wat

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### wat
*noun · IPA /wat/ · frequency rank #16,384*
A Buddhist temple in Southeast Asia, especially those in Thailand, Laos, and Cambodia.

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