# hedge vs hide

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### hedge
*noun · IPA /ˈhɛd͡ʒ/ · frequency rank #10,554*
A thicket of bushes or other shrubbery, especially one planted as a fence between two portions of land, or to separate the parts of a garden.

### hide
*verb · IPA /haɪd/ · frequency rank #2,794*
To put (something) in a place where it will be out of sight or harder to discover.

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