# wo vs woe

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### wo
*intj · frequency rank #11,327*
A falconer's call to a hawk.

### woe
*noun · IPA /wəʊ/ · frequency rank #19,509*
Great sadness or distress; a misfortune causing such sadness.

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