# peaked vs piqued

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### peaked
*adjective · IPA /piːkt/ · frequency rank #15,023*
Having a peak or peaks.

### piqued
*verb · IPA /piːkt/ · frequency rank #40,391*
simple past and past participle of pique

## Source
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