# love vs loved

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### love
*noun · IPA /lʌv/ · frequency rank #147*
A deep caring for the existence of another.

### 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/love-vs-loved