# w vs who

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### w
*character · IPA /ˈdʌbəl.juː/ · frequency rank #628*
The twenty-third letter of the English alphabet, called double-u and written in the Latin script.

### who
*pronoun · IPA /huː/ · frequency rank #53*
What person or people; which person or people; asks for the identity of someone; used in a direct or indirect question.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-02.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/w-vs-who