# peeked vs piqued

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### peeked
*verb · IPA /piːkt/ · frequency rank #44,994*
simple past and past participle of peek

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

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