# wastes

> English word · Noun · IPA /weɪsts/ · frequency rank #18,215

## Definitions
1. plural of waste

## Easily confused with
- **Water** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wastes-vs-water)
- **waves** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wastes-vs-waves)
- **Watts** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wastes-vs-watts)
- **waters** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wastes-vs-waters)
- **writes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wastes-vs-writes)
- **wishes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wastes-vs-wishes)
- **whites** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wastes-vs-whites)
- **Watters** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wastes-vs-watters)
- **wants** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wants-vs-wastes)
- **waste** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waste-vs-wastes)
- **Wales** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wales-vs-wastes)
- **wages** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wages-vs-wastes)
- **waits** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waits-vs-wastes)
- **wares** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wares-vs-wastes)
- **waite** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waite-vs-wastes)
- **wanted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wanted-vs-wastes)
- **Walter** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/walter-vs-wastes)
- **waited** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waited-vs-wastes)
- **wasted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wasted-vs-wastes)
- **washed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/washed-vs-wastes)

## Common misspellings (9)
`awstes`, `wasets`, `wasstes`, `wastess`, `wastse`, `wasttes`, `watses`, `wsates`, `wwastes`

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