# looked vs lookup

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### looked
*verb · IPA /lʊkt/ · frequency rank #811*
simple past and past participle of look

### lookup
*noun · frequency rank #34,576*
An attempt to retrieve data.

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