# want vs waw

> French confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### waw
*noun · IPA \vav\ · frequency rank #47,104*
Lettre de l’alphabet hébreu.

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