# weave

> English word · Verb · IPA /wiːv/ · frequency rank #14,455

## Definitions
1. To form something by passing lengths or strands of material over and under one another.
2. To spin a cocoon or a web.
3. To unite by close connection or intermixture.
4. To compose creatively and intricately; to fabricate.

## Etymology
From Middle English weven (“to weave”), from Old English wefan (“to weave”), from Proto-West Germanic *weban, from Proto-Germanic *webaną, from Proto-Indo-European *webʰ- (“to weave, braid”).
Cognates
Cognate with North Frisian weev, weew, weewe (“to weave”), Saterland Frisian weeuwe (“to weave”), Dutch weven (“to weave”), German weben (“to weave”), Luxembourgish wiewen (“to weave”), Yiddish וועבן (vebn, “to weave”), Danish væve (“to weave”), Faroese veva (“to weave”), Icelandic vefa (“to weave”), Norwegian Bokmål veve (“to weave”), Norwegian Nynorsk veva, veve (“to weave”), Swedish väva (“to weave”).

## Easily confused with
- **wee** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/weave-vs-wee)
- **were** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/weave-vs-were)
- **wove** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/weave-vs-wove)
- **whale** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/weave-vs-whale)
- **wedge** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/weave-vs-wedge)
- **weaver** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/weave-vs-weaver)
- **WAV** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wav-vs-weave)
- **Wea** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wea-vs-weave)
- **wear** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wear-vs-weave)
- **wake** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wake-vs-weave)
- **weak** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/weak-vs-weave)
- **wave** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wave-vs-weave)
- **wage** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wage-vs-weave)
- **wade** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wade-vs-weave)
- **ware** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/ware-vs-weave)
- **wavy** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wavy-vs-weave)
- **wane** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wane-vs-weave)
- **wean** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wean-vs-weave)
- **wale** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wale-vs-weave)
- **we're** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/we-re-vs-weave)

## Common misspellings (6)
`ewave`, `waeve`, `weaev`, `weavve`, `wevae`, `wweave`

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