# hugged vs Hughes

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### hugged
*verb · IPA /hʌɡd/ · frequency rank #16,496*
simple past and past participle of hug

### Hughes
*name · IPA /hjuːz/ · frequency rank #6,255*
A Welsh and English surname originating as a patronymic derived from the given name Hugh.

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