# chased vs chewed

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### chased
*adjective · IPA /t͡ʃeɪst/ · frequency rank #10,510*
Pursued.

### chewed
*verb · IPA /t͡ʃuːd/ · frequency rank #21,159*
simple past and past participle of chew

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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