# Wei vs won

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Wei
*name · IPA /weɪ/ · frequency rank #15,942*
An ancient Chinese march during the Zhou dynasty

### won
*verb · IPA /wʌn/ · frequency rank #646*
simple past and past participle of win

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