# coaxed vs copied

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### coaxed
*verb · IPA /kəʊkst/ · frequency rank #47,536*
simple past and past participle of coax

### copied
*verb · IPA /ˈkɑpid/ · frequency rank #9,725*
simple past and past participle of copy

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