# wives

> English word · Noun · IPA /waɪvz/ · frequency rank #6,318

## Definitions
1. plural of wife
2. genitive of wife

## Easily confused with
- **woes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wives-vs-woes)
- **wove** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wives-vs-wove)
- **woven** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wives-vs-woven)
- **writes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wives-vs-writes)
- **wolves** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wives-vs-wolves)
- **Wes** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wes-vs-wives)
- **wis** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wis-vs-wives)
- **Wie** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wie-vs-wives)
- **wife** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wife-vs-wives)
- **wide** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wide-vs-wives)
- **wine** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wine-vs-wives)
- **wins** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wins-vs-wives)
- **wave** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wave-vs-wives)
- **wise** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wise-vs-wives)
- **wire** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wire-vs-wives)
- **wipe** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wipe-vs-wives)
- **wits** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wits-vs-wives)
- **wigs** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wigs-vs-wives)
- **Wien** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wien-vs-wives)
- **wile** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wile-vs-wives)

## Common misspellings (7)
`iwves`, `wievs`, `wivess`, `wivse`, `wivves`, `wvies`, `wwives`

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