# bashed vs boasted

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### boasted
*verb · IPA /ˈboʊstɪd/ · frequency rank #21,733*
simple past and past participle of boast

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