# wastes vs wishes

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### wastes
*noun · IPA /weɪsts/ · frequency rank #18,215*
plural of waste

### wishes
*noun · IPA /ˈwɪʃɪz/ · frequency rank #3,994*
plural of wish

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