# woolen

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈwʊlən/ · frequency rank #41,955

## Definitions
1. Made of wool.
2. Of or relating to wool or woolen cloths.

## Etymology
From Middle English wollen, wullen, from Old English wyllen, from Proto-Germanic *wullīnaz (“woollen”), equivalent to wool + -en. Cognate with Scots wollin, wolne, wowne (“woollen”), Dutch wollen (“woollen”), German wollen (“woollen”), Danish uldne (“woollen”), Norwegian Bokmål ullen (“fuzzy; woolen”).

## Easily confused with
- **woven** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/woolen-vs-woven)
- **Woolf** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/woolen-vs-woolf)
- **worsen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/woolen-vs-worsen)
- **woolly** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/woolen-vs-woolly)
- **woollen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/woolen-vs-woollen)
- **Woolley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/woolen-vs-woolley)
- **woolsey** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/woolen-vs-woolsey)
- **wool** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wool-vs-woolen)
- **women** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/women-vs-woolen)
- **whole** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/whole-vs-woolen)
- **woken** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/woken-vs-woolen)
- **wooden** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wooden-vs-woolen)
- **wooded** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/wooded-vs-woolen)
- **Whalen** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/whalen-vs-woolen)
- **Woodley** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/woodley-vs-woolen)

## Common misspellings (7)
`owolen`, `wolen`, `woloen`, `wooeln`, `woolenn`, `woolne`, `wwoolen`

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