# was vs wir

> 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"

### wir
*pronoun · IPA /vi:ɐ/ · frequency rank #44,167*
nós

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