Which to use
“we've” is a contraction and “wove” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #983
- “we've” frequency rank
- #49,728
- “wove” frequency rank
- 50711
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | we've | wove |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Contraction of we + have. | simple past of weave |
Where the eye mixes we've and wove
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: we've is /wiːv/ while wove is /wəʊv/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (contraction vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50711, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
we've is recorded at frequency rank #983, classified as acontraction, pronounced /wiːv/. wove is at rank #49,728, tagged as averb, pronounced /wəʊv/.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 50711, this pair ranks #171,861 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of we've vs wove
Shared letters: evw. Private to "we've": -. Private to "wove": o.
"we've" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "wove" · 4 letters · shape CVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
- wove ← owve · woev · wovve · wvoe · wwove