# whose vs wore

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### whose
*determiner · IPA /huːz/ · frequency rank #919*
Of whom, belonging to whom; which person's or people's.

### wore
*verb · IPA /wɔː/ · frequency rank #4,422*
simple past of wear

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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