# fished vs fishery

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### fished
*verb · IPA /fɪʃt/ · frequency rank #26,089*
simple past and past participle of fish

### fishery
*noun · IPA /ˈfɪʃəɹi/ · frequency rank #21,798*
Fishing: the catching, processing and marketing of fish or other seafood.

## Source
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