# greeted vs grieved

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### greeted
*verb · IPA /ˈɡɹiːtɪd/ · frequency rank #11,894*
simple past and past participle of greet

### grieved
*verb · IPA /ɡɹiːvd/ · frequency rank #42,678*
simple past and past participle of grieve

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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