# blushed vs blushes

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### blushed
*verb · IPA /blʌʃt/ · frequency rank #44,652*
simple past and past participle of blush

### blushes
*noun · IPA /ˈblʌʃɪz/ · frequency rank #36,456*
plural of blush

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