# heed vs hired

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### heed
*noun · IPA /hiːd/ · frequency rank #16,041*
Careful attention.

### hired
*verb · IPA /ˈhaɪəd/ · frequency rank #3,562*
simple past and past participle of hire

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