# was vs wow

> Spanish confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### wow
*intj · IPA /waʊ̯/ · frequency rank #4,472*
Guau. Empleada para expresar sorpresa, perplejidad, entusiasmo, o sarcasticamente desaprobación.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/es/vs/was-vs-wow