# woes vs woof

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### woof
*noun · IPA /wuːf/ · frequency rank #24,959*
The set of yarns carried by the shuttle of a loom which are placed crosswise at right angles to and interlaced with the warp; the weft.

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