# penned vs phoned

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### penned
*verb · IPA /pɛnd/ · frequency rank #17,690*
simple past and past participle of pen

### phoned
*verb · IPA /fəʊnd/ · frequency rank #20,182*
simple past and past participle of phone

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