# delve vs delved

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### delve
*verb · IPA /dɛlv/ · frequency rank #24,139*
To dig into the ground, especially with a shovel.

### delved
*verb · IPA /dɛlvd/ · frequency rank #44,157*
simple past and past participle of delve

## Source
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