# was vs why

> Spanish confusable word pair

## The two words

### was
*pronoun · IPA [vas] · frequency rank #9,562*
Qué.

### why
*adverb · IPA /ʍaɪ/ · frequency rank #16,240*
Por qué.

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