how to pronounce woe

/ˈwoʊ/

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woe is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of woe in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… and instead of saying woe is me you wake …”

meaning of woe

Woe is a term used to express sorrow or grief.

woe frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word woe occurs in english on average 3.1 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics woe can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that woe can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;