# woah vs wok

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### wok
*noun · IPA /wɒk/ · frequency rank #37,773*
A large, round-bottomed cooking pan used in East Asian cooking.

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