# carved vs caused

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### carved
*verb · IPA /kɑɹvd/ · frequency rank #8,521*
simple past and past participle of carve

### caused
*verb · IPA /kɔːzd/ · frequency rank #1,388*
simple past and past participle of cause

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