# wages

> English word · Noun · IPA /ˈweɪd͡ʒɪz/ · frequency rank #4,726

## Definitions
1. plural of wage. It may take a singular verb. E.g. 'the wages of sin is death' (Romans 6:23 KJV)

## Easily confused with
- **was** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wages-vs-was)
- **Wes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wages-vs-wes)
- **ways** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wages-vs-ways)
- **wake** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wages-vs-wake)
- **wave** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wages-vs-wave)
- **wars** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wages-vs-wars)
- **ware** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wages-vs-ware)
- **woes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wages-vs-woes)
- **wigs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wages-vs-wigs)
- **wane** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wages-vs-wane)
- **wale** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wages-vs-wale)
- **Water** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wages-vs-water)
- **wants** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wages-vs-wants)
- **walls** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wages-vs-walls)
- **Wales** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wages-vs-wales)
- **waves** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wages-vs-waves)
- **walks** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wages-vs-walks)
- **wives** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wages-vs-wives)
- **wagon** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wages-vs-wagon)
- **wires** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wages-vs-wires)

## Common misspellings (7)
`awges`, `waegs`, `wagess`, `wagges`, `wagse`, `wgaes`, `wwages`

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