# bottled vs bowled

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### bottled
*verb · frequency rank #15,113*
simple past and past participle of bottle

### bowled
*verb · IPA /bəʊld/ · frequency rank #21,459*
simple past and past participle of bowl

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