# chimed vs climbed

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### chimed
*verb · IPA /t͡ʃaɪmd/ · frequency rank #44,116*
simple past and past participle of chime

### climbed
*verb · IPA /klaɪmd/ · frequency rank #8,910*
simple past and past participle of climb

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