The vast majority of the translations I have read specifically use the term “wife”. If you choose to discount that, that’s your prerogative. It remains that there is a Biblical reason to believe Peter was married, and there is no reason whatsoever to assume his wife was dead.
SnakeDoc
Where did I say that Peter was not married? I’ve said it over and over again that he was married. Scripture makes no mention of her, even when Jesus comes to visit her mom. Therefore it makes sense to me that when he became Christ’s disciple, she had already passed away.