# loud vs loved

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### loud
*adjective · IPA /laʊd/ · frequency rank #2,841*
Of great intensity.

### 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/loud-vs-loved