# want vs was

> French confusable word pair

## The two words

### want
*noun · IPA \wɒnt\ · frequency rank #13,715*
Besoin, manque, misère.

### was
*pronoun · IPA \vas\ · frequency rank #9,098*
Quelque chose.

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