# waved vs wives

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### waved
*verb · IPA /weɪvd/ · frequency rank #14,250*
simple past and past participle of wave

### wives
*noun · IPA /waɪvz/ · frequency rank #6,318*
plural of wife

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waved-vs-wives