# ewe vs yew

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### yew
*noun · IPA /juː/ · frequency rank #28,095*
A species of coniferous tree, Taxus baccata, with dark-green flat needle-like leaves and seeds bearing red arils, native to western, central and southern Europe, northwest Africa, northern Iran and southwest Asia.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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