# bled vs blues

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### bled
*verb · IPA /ˈblɛd/ · frequency rank #22,011*
simple past and past participle of bleed

### blues
*noun · IPA /bluːz/ · frequency rank #4,002*
plural of blue

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