# allied vs allies

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### allied
*verb · IPA /əˈlaɪd/ · frequency rank #6,323*
simple past and past participle of ally

### allies
*verb · IPA /ˈælaɪz/ · frequency rank #4,504*
third-person singular simple present indicative of ally

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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