# wham vs woah

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### wham
*noun · IPA /wæm/ · frequency rank #38,243*
A forceful blow.

### woah
*intj · IPA /woʊ/ · frequency rank #13,447*
Alternative spelling of whoa.

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