# ewe vs eyre

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### ewe
*noun · IPA /juː/ · frequency rank #37,448*
A female sheep, as opposed to a ram.

### eyre
*noun · IPA /ɛəɹ/ · frequency rank #24,442*
A journey taken by certain Medieval English itinerant judges (justices in eyre)

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