# wis vs won

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### wis
*adverb · IPA /waɪs/ · frequency rank #21,426*
Certainly, surely.

### 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: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wis-vs-won