# came vs cite

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### cite
*verb · IPA /saɪt/ · frequency rank #11,666*
To quote; to repeat, as a passage from a book, or the words of another.

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