# keir vs kept

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### keir
*noun · frequency rank #44,881*
Alternative form of kier.

### kept
*verb · IPA /ˈkɛpt/ · frequency rank #1,086*
simple past and past participle of keep

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