# obeyed vs opened

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### obeyed
*verb · IPA /əʊˈbeɪd/ · frequency rank #28,312*
simple past and past participle of obey

### opened
*verb · IPA /ˈoʊpənd/ · frequency rank #1,490*
simple past and past participle of open

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