# Wolfe vs wore

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Wolfe
*name · frequency rank #17,060*
A surname transferred from the given name of English and German origin, a variant of Wolf.

### wore
*verb · IPA /wɔː/ · frequency rank #4,422*
simple past of wear

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