# who vs why

> Spanish confusable word pair

## The two words

### who
*pronoun · IPA /huː/ · frequency rank #12,075*
Quién.

### 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/who-vs-why