# bloomed vs boomed

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### bloomed
*verb · IPA /bluːmd/ · frequency rank #43,535*
simple past and past participle of bloom

### boomed
*verb · IPA /buːmd/ · frequency rank #38,764*
simple past and past participle of boom

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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