# jailed vs jails

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### jailed
*verb · IPA /d͡ʒeɪld/ · frequency rank #13,179*
simple past and past participle of jail

### jails
*noun · IPA /d͡ʒeɪlz/ · frequency rank #22,415*
plural of jail

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