# die vs dyed

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### die
*verb · IPA /daɪ/ · frequency rank #902*
To stop living; to become dead; to undergo death.

### dyed
*verb · IPA /daɪd/ · frequency rank #16,459*
simple past and past participle of dye

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