# what vs whey

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### what
*determiner · IPA /wɒt/ · frequency rank #46*
Which, especially which of an open-ended set of possibilities.

### whey
*noun · IPA /hweɪ/ · frequency rank #27,339*
The liquid remaining after milk has been curdled and strained in the process of making cheese.

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