Which to use
“wove” is a verb and “wow” is an intj - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #49,728
- “wove” frequency rank
- #1,178
- “wow” frequency rank
- 50906
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | wove | wow |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | simple past of weave | An indication of excitement, surprise, astonishment, or pleasure. |
Where the eye mixes wove and wow
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: wove is /wəʊv/ while wow is /waʊ/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs intj), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 50906, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
wove is recorded at frequency rank #49,728, classified as averb, pronounced /wəʊv/. wow is at rank #1,178, tagged as anintj, pronounced /waʊ/.
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 50906, this pair ranks #170,117 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of wove vs wow
Shared letters: ow. Private to "wove": ev. Private to "wow": -.
"wove" · 4 letters · shape CVCV · "wow" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- wove ← owve · woev · wovve · wvoe · wwove