# discovered vs discovery

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### discovered
*verb · IPA /dɪsˈkʌvəd/ · frequency rank #1,855*
simple past and past participle of discover

### discovery
*noun · IPA /dɪsˈkʌv(.ə).ɹi/ · frequency rank #3,291*
Something discovered.

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