# wang vs was

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### wang
*noun · IPA /ˈwæŋ/ · frequency rank #7,762*
Alternative spelling of whang.

### 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: 2026-09-02.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wang-vs-was