# groomed vs growled

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### groomed
*verb · IPA /ɡɹuːmd/ · frequency rank #23,556*
simple past and past participle of groom

### growled
*verb · IPA /ɡɹaʊld/ · frequency rank #44,821*
simple past and past participle of growl

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