# caved vs cured

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### cured
*verb · IPA /kjʊəd/ · frequency rank #10,524*
simple past and past participle of cure

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