# battered vs battled

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### battered
*verb · IPA /ˈbætəd/ · frequency rank #16,848*
simple past and past participle of batter

### battled
*adjective · frequency rank #20,295*
Battlemented.

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