# wants

> English word · Noun · IPA /wɑnts/ · frequency rank #581

## Definitions
1. plural of want

## Easily confused with
- **was** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wants-vs-was)
- **wat** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wants-vs-wat)
- **went** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wants-vs-went)
- **ways** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wants-vs-ways)
- **wins** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wants-vs-wins)
- **wars** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wants-vs-wars)
- **wont** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wants-vs-wont)
- **watt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wants-vs-watt)
- **wits** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wants-vs-wits)
- **wart** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wants-vs-wart)
- **waste** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wants-vs-waste)
- **wings** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wants-vs-wings)
- **waves** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wants-vs-waves)
- **winds** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wants-vs-winds)
- **whats** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wants-vs-whats)
- **wines** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wants-vs-wines)
- **Watts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wants-vs-watts)
- **wasnt** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wants-vs-wasnt)
- **wares** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wants-vs-wares)
- **wastes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wants-vs-wastes)

## Common misspellings (8)
`awnts`, `wannts`, `wanst`, `wantss`, `wantts`, `watns`, `wnats`, `wwants`

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