wha
/wɑ/interjection
wha is spelled W-H-A: 3 letters. It appears 2.0 times per million words in written English, the 19,589th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an interjection, wha means “Pronunciation spelling of what” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in wha?
| Letters | 3: W-H-A |
|---|---|
| In writing | 2.0 times per million words; the 19,589th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is wha?
Wha appears 2.0 times per million words in written English, the 19,589th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce wha?
- /wɑ/
- /wʌ/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-us-wha2.ogg, En-us-wha.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with wha?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as wha.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: wah, haw, awh.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of wha
- whuh
- wuh
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does wha mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
interjection
- 1
Pronunciation spelling of what.
Wha? Speak up, I can't hear you!
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).