# nosed vs Noyes

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### nosed
*verb · IPA /nəʊ̯zd/ · frequency rank #24,256*
simple past and past participle of nose

### Noyes
*name · IPA /ˈnɔɪz/ · frequency rank #46,091*
A surname originating as a patronymic derived from Noah.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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