# leed vs loved

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### leed
*noun · IPA /liːd/ · frequency rank #40,780*
Language; tongue.

### loved
*verb · IPA /lʌvd/ · frequency rank #1,088*
simple past and past participle of love

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