# barbed vs bashed

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### barbed
*adjective · IPA /bɑː(ɹ)bd/ · frequency rank #20,294*
Having barbs.

### bashed
*verb · IPA /bæʃt/ · frequency rank #25,292*
simple past and past participle of bash

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