# woes vs womb

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### womb
*noun · IPA /wuːm/ · frequency rank #12,533*
In female mammals, the organ in which the young are conceived and grow until birth; the uterus.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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