# we've

> English word · Contraction · IPA /wiːv/ · frequency rank #983

## Definitions
1. Contraction of we + have.

## Easily confused with
- **wee** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/we-ve-vs-wee)
- **were** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/we-ve-vs-were)
- **wove** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/we-ve-vs-wove)
- **wedge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/we-ve-vs-wedge)
- **weave** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/we-ve-vs-weave)
- **who've** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/we-ve-vs-who-ve)
- **weaver** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/we-ve-vs-weaver)
- **wave** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wave-vs-we-ve)
- **we'd** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/we-d-vs-we-ve)
- **we're** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/we-re-vs-we-ve)
- **we'll** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/we-ll-vs-we-ve)
- **waive** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waive-vs-we-ve)

## Common misspellings (6)
`ew've`, `w'eve`, `we'ev`, `we'vve`, `wev'e`, `wwe've`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-02.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/we-ve