# frighten vs frightened

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### frighten
*verb · IPA /ˈfɹaɪ.tən/ · frequency rank #26,092*
To cause to feel fear; to scare; to cause to feel alarm or fright.

### frightened
*adjective · IPA /ˈfɹaɪtn̩d/ · frequency rank #10,550*
Afraid; suffering from fear.

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