# cultivate vs cultivated

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### cultivate
*verb · IPA /ˈkʌltɪveɪt/ · frequency rank #16,677*
To grow plants, notably crops.

### cultivated
*verb · IPA /ˈkʌltɪveɪtɪd/ · frequency rank #12,952*
simple past and past participle of cultivate

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