woven

/ˈwəʊ.vən/

//ˈwəʊ.vən// adj

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"woven" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“woven” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #13,844. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,844
frequency rank, English
1,759
“W” headwords
7
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Fabricated by weaving.

Corpus desk

Index EN-woven · woven · English

woven · rank #13,844 · 7 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #13,844
  • LEN-MID 5 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 7 variants
  • BOOK-MID 1,759
  • PHOTO-FINISH witty

Nearest frequency peer: witty (-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 “woven”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “woven” 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).

woven vs wren
60% similar
woven vs won
60% similar
woven vs wen
60% similar

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

Key facts for woven
PropertyValue
Headwordwoven
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechAdjective
IPA/ˈwəʊ.vən/
Letters5
Frequency rank#13,844
Misspellings tracked7
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “woven”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).wovenlands here:

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

Ticks step logarithmically, so each one marks a roughly tenfold drop in how often the word turns up. Same rarity band neighbours include “witty” (#13,843), “Wyatt” (#13,845), “Winchester” (#13,842). Among 1,759 “W” headwords, “woven” is #13,844. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 7 spelling variants around woven (IPA /ˈwəʊ.vən/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #13,844 among 1,759 “W” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.

Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for woven, with forms such as "owven", "woevn", and "wovenn". 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, "wren", "won", "wen", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is woven, spelled W-O-V-E-N.

Definition

  1. 1
    Fabricated by weaving.
  2. 2
    Interlaced

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. Woven kevlar is tough enough to be bulletproof.
  2. The woven words of the sonnet were deep and moving.

This word in other languages

tejido(Español)tissé(Français)gewoben(Deutsch)

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • owven
  • woevn
  • wovenn
  • wovne
  • wovven
  • wvoen
  • wwoven

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of woven - 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.

owven2woevn2wovenn1wovne2wovven1wvoen2wwoven1
Edit distance from "woven"

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 "woven"?
"woven" is spelled W-O-V-E-N. The IPA pronunciation is /ˈwəʊ.vən/.
What does "woven" mean?
As an adjective, "woven" means: Fabricated by weaving.
What words are commonly confused with "woven"?
"woven" is commonly confused with "wren", "won", "wen". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "woven"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "woven" is /ˈwəʊ.vən/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "woven" come from?
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

witty#13,843Wyatt#13,845aires#13,850amend#13,854

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (7 here; floor ≥5).

Amelia7 variantsvapor7 variantstanner7 variantsbloke7 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list