# gazed vs grazed

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### grazed
*verb · IPA /ɡɹeɪzd/ · frequency rank #33,259*
simple past and past participle of graze

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