wasvsWazeWhich spelling fits?

Quick tell: was is a pronoun, Waze is a name, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“was” is a pronoun and “Waze” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#9,098
“was” frequency rank
#45,955
“Waze” frequency rank
55053
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature was Waze
Definition Quelque chose. Application mobile d’assistant d’aide à la conduite et d’assistance de navigation basée sur un système de positionnement par satellites couplée à une cartographie modifiable par ses utilisateurs, sur le principe de la production participative.

Letter map: was vs Waze

Shared letters muted; letters that set was and Waze apart highlighted. Shared run: 2.

3 ch
was
4 ch
Waze

Role in the sentence - was and Waze

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: was is apronoun and Wazeaname. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55053, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

was is recorded at frequency rank #9,098, classified as apron, pronounced \vas\. Waze is at rank #45,955, tagged as aname.

Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.

With a confusion score of 55053, this pair ranks #129,959 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of was vs Waze

Shared letters: aw. Private to "was": s. Private to "Waze": ez.

"was" · 3 letters · shape CVC  ·  "Waze" · 4 letters · shape CVCV

Known mistypes of this pair

  • Wazeawze · waez · wazze · wwaze · wzae

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "was" and "Waze" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "was" is a pronoun and "Waze" a name, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "was" vs "Waze" - which ranks higher?
"was" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #9,098 in our French list, against #45,955 for "Waze". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

What to do next

Pair "was" vs "Waze" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "was" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "Waze" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #129,959 of 440,172 scored French confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "was" and "Waze" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Wahl vs Waze". Nearby pair
  • Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes

Confusion rank #129,959 of 440,172 scored French pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list