# wait vs war

> Spanish confusable word pair

## The two words

### wait
*verb · IPA /weɪt/ · frequency rank #29,445*
Esperar.

### war
*preposition · IPA /ˈwɑːr/ · frequency rank #11,509*
Sobre.

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