# cakes vs came

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### cakes
*noun · IPA /keɪks/ · frequency rank #8,903*
plural of cake

### came
*verb · IPA /keɪm/ · frequency rank #294*
simple past of come

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