# cased vs caved

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### cased
*verb · IPA /keɪst/ · frequency rank #48,121*
simple past and past participle of case

### caved
*verb · IPA /keɪvd/ · frequency rank #29,586*
past participle of cave

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/cased-vs-caved