# wald vs was

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### wald
*verb · IPA /wɔːld/ · frequency rank #44,013*
To govern; inherit.

### 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: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wald-vs-was