# game vs gazed

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### game
*noun · IPA /ɡeɪm/ · frequency rank #182*
A playful or competitive activity.

### gazed
*verb · IPA /ɡeɪzd/ · frequency rank #35,734*
simple past and past participle of gaze

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