# was vs what

> French confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### what
*intj · IPA \wat\ · frequency rank #6,911*
Quoi ? Comment ?

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/fr/vs/was-vs-what