# Wales vs wastes

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Wales
*name · IPA /weɪlz/ · frequency rank #2,508*
One of the four constituent countries of the United Kingdom, formerly a principality.

### 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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