# woah vs woes

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### woes
*noun · IPA /woʊz/ · frequency rank #17,994*
plural of woe

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