# wage vs we

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### wage
*noun · IPA /weɪd͡ʒ/ · frequency rank #3,402*
An amount of money paid to a worker for a specified quantity of work, usually calculated on an hourly basis and expressed in an amount of money per hour.

### we
*pronoun · IPA /wiː/ · frequency rank #29*
Two or more people including or consisting of the speaker(s)/writer(s).

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