# was vs web

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### was
*verb · IPA /wəz/ · frequency rank #16*
first-person singular simple past indicative of be.

### web
*noun · IPA /wɛb/ · frequency rank #1,883*
The silken structure which a spider builds using silk secreted from the spinnerets at the caudal tip of its abdomen; a spiderweb.

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