# wile vs wives

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### wile
*noun · IPA /waɪl/ · frequency rank #46,267*
A trick or stratagem practiced for ensnaring or deception; a sly, insidious artifice

### wives
*noun · IPA /waɪvz/ · frequency rank #6,318*
plural of wife

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