# gender vs gendered

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### gender
*noun · IPA /ˈd͡ʒɛndə/ · frequency rank #2,539*
Class; kind.

### gendered
*verb · IPA /ˈdʒɛndə(ɹ)d/ · frequency rank #26,097*
simple past and past participle of gender (“assign gender to”)

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