# was vs who

> Portuguese confusable word pair

## The two words

### was
*verb · IPA /wɒz/ · frequency rank #7,582*
primeira pessoa do singular do passado simples do indicativo do verbo "to be"

### who
*pronoun · frequency rank #5,055*
que; o qual, os quais, a qual, as quais

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