# woes vs women

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### women
*noun · IPA /ˈwɪm.ɪn/ · frequency rank #245*
plural of woman

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