# worse vs wove

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### worse
*adjective · IPA /wɜːs/ · frequency rank #1,381*
comparative form of bad: more bad

### wove
*verb · IPA /wəʊv/ · frequency rank #49,728*
simple past of weave

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