woven
wo·ven/ˈwoʊ.vən/adjective, noun, verb
woven is spelled W-O-V-E-N: 5 letters and 2 syllables (wo·ven). It appears 3.6 times per million words in written English, the 13,695th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As an adjective, woven means “Fabricated by weaving” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
How many letters and syllables are in woven?
| Letters | 5: W-O-V-E-N |
|---|---|
| Syllables | 2: wo·ven |
| In writing | 3.6 times per million words; the 13,695th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
| Rhymes with |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media); rhymes and same-letter words are computed by PlainSpell from its own word list.
How common is woven?
Woven appears 3.6 times per million words in written English, the 13,695th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce woven?
- UK /ˈwəʊ.vən/
- US /ˈwoʊ.vən/
Woven has 2 syllables, split wo·ven in writing.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Pvanp7-woven.wav, En-us-woven.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
What rhymes with woven?
One word on PlainSpell end in the same sounds as woven from its last stressed vowel (/oʊvən/):
Computed by PlainSpell from the pronunciations in the English Wiktionary (dump of September 2, 2026): a rhyme shares every sound from the last stressed vowel to the end; ordered by written frequency (wordfreq 3.1).
Forms of woven
- wovens plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does woven mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
adjective
- 1
Fabricated by weaving.
Woven kevlar is tough enough to be bulletproof.
- 2
Interlaced
The woven words of the sonnet were deep and moving.
noun
- 1
A cloth formed by weaving. It only stretches in the bias directions (between the warp and weft directions), unless the threads are elastic.
A factory that makes cotton and other wovens.
verb
- 1
past participle of weave
The spider had woven her web on a corner of the attic.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Woven in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense fabricated by weaving:
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.