# grieved vs grieves

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### grieves
*noun · IPA /ɡɹiːvz/ · frequency rank #48,784*
plural of grief

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