# wars vs wry

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### wars
*noun · IPA /wɔɹz/ · frequency rank #2,565*
plural of war

### wry
*adjective · IPA /ɹaɪ/ · frequency rank #34,751*
Turned away, contorted (of the face or body).

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wars-vs-wry