wove

/wəʊv/

//wəʊv// verb

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"wove" is a 4-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“wove” has 5 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #49,728. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#49,728
frequency rank, English
1,759
“W” headwords
5
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - simple past of weave

Corpus desk

Index EN-wove · wove · English

wove · rank #49,728 · 5 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #49,728
  • LEN-MID 4 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 5 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,759
  • PHOTO-FINISH wordy

Nearest frequency peer: wordy (-1 rank slots)

Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Rank peers near misspelling magnet “wove”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “wove” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

wove vs WV
0% similar
wove vs wow
50% similar
wove vs WWE
0% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for wove
PropertyValue
Headwordwove
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
IPA/wəʊv/
Letters4
Frequency rank#49,728
Misspellings tracked5
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “wove”

Every-word frequency runs from the handful of words we use constantly (left) to the long tail used once in a blue moon (right).wovelands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “wordy” (#49,727), “Wozniak” (#49,729), “wraparound” (#49,730). Among 1,759 “W” headwords, “wove” is #49,728. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 5 spelling variants around wove (IPA /wəʊv/), averb. Corpus frequency is #49,728 among 1,759 “W” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 5 likely wrong-spelling variants for wove, with forms such as "owve", "woev", and "wovve". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "WV", "wow", "WWE", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is wove, spelled W-O-V-E.

Definition

  1. 1
    simple past of weave
  2. 2
    past participle of weave

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

These source excerpts show how wove appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. She wove a beautiful basket out of reeds.
  2. One might have wove Stuffs with it, had it been prepar'd.

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • owve
  • woev
  • wovve
  • wvoe
  • wwove

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of wove - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

owve2woev2wovve1wvoe2wwove1
Edit distance from "wove"

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "wove"?
"wove" is spelled W-O-V-E. The IPA pronunciation is /wəʊv/.
What does "wove" mean?
As a verb, "wove" means: simple past of weave
What words are commonly confused with "wove"?
"wove" is commonly confused with "WV", "wow", "WWE". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "wove"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "wove" is /wəʊv/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "wove" come from?
"wove" is a English word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "wove", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 4 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

wawa#49,718algo#49,758Asta#49,767tuft#49,682

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (5 here; floor ≥5).

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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list