# impacted vs impaled

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### impacted
*adjective · frequency rank #10,712*
Having undergone an impact.

### impaled
*adjective · IPA /ɪmˈpeɪld/ · frequency rank #37,983*
Pinned to something by piercing.

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