# cried vs curled

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### cried
*verb · IPA /kɹaɪd/ · frequency rank #5,207*
simple past and past participle of cry

### curled
*adjective · frequency rank #18,531*
curly

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