# wait vs what

> Spanish confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### what
*pronoun · IPA /ʍɒt/ (sin la fusión–) · frequency rank #7,377*
Qué.

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