# pained vs piled

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### pained
*adjective · IPA /peɪnd/ · frequency rank #32,111*
In pain, especially in an emotional sense.

### piled
*verb · IPA /paɪld/ · frequency rank #16,996*
simple past and past participle of pile

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