wae
preposition, noun
wae is spelled W-A-E: 3 letters. It appears about once in every 10 million words in written English, the 92,628th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a preposition, wae means “Alternative form of with” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in wae?
| Letters | 3: W-A-E |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 10 million words; the 92,628th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Same letters |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is wae?
Wae appears about once in every 10 million words in written English, the 92,628th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Words people confuse with wae
Sources: English Wiktionary (homophones, alternative spellings).
What rhymes with wae?
No other word on PlainSpell ends in the same sounds as wae.
Spelled with the same letters in another order: awe, eaw.
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of wae
- waes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does wae mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
preposition
- 1
ScotlandAlternative form of with.
phrase
- 1
USInitialism of when actually employed.
noun
- 1
ScotlandAlternative form of woe.
Wae is me!
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).