# kept vs ker

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### ker
*noun · frequency rank #38,929*
A chief of the Luo people.

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