# want vs went

> French confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### went
*verb · IPA \ˈwɛnt\ · frequency rank #46,529*
Prétérit de go.

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