# web vs who

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### web
*noun · IPA /wɛb/ · frequency rank #1,883*
The silken structure which a spider builds using silk secreted from the spinnerets at the caudal tip of its abdomen; a spiderweb.

### 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: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/web-vs-who