# are vs ate

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### are
*verb · IPA /ə(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #19*
second-person singular simple present of be

### ate
*verb · IPA /eɪt/ · frequency rank #3,999*
simple past of eat

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/are-vs-ate