# wooden

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈwʊdn̩/ · frequency rank #4,133

## Definitions
1. Made of wood.
2. As if made of wood; moving awkwardly, or speaking with dull lack of emotion.

## Etymology
PIE word
 *dwóh₁
From wood + -en. Dates from 1530s, gradually replaced treen (“made from a tree”), from Middle English treen, from Old English triewen.

## Easily confused with
- **woods** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wooden-vs-woods)
- **woody** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wooden-vs-woody)
- **woven** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wooden-vs-woven)
- **worsen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wooden-vs-worsen)
- **woolen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wooden-vs-woolen)
- **Woodley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wooden-vs-woodley)
- **woodman** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wooden-vs-woodman)
- **woollen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wooden-vs-woollen)
- **wood** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wood-vs-wooden)
- **women** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/women-vs-wooden)
- **woken** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/woken-vs-wooden)
- **widen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/widen-vs-wooden)
- **wonder** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wonder-vs-wooden)
- **warden** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/warden-vs-wooden)
- **wooded** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wooded-vs-wooden)
- **Walden** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/walden-vs-wooden)

## Common misspellings (8)
`owoden`, `woden`, `wodoen`, `woodden`, `woodenn`, `woodne`, `wooedn`, `wwooden`

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