# perished vs punished

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### perished
*verb · IPA /ˈpɛɹɪʃt/ · frequency rank #19,662*
simple past and past participle of perish

### punished
*verb · IPA /ˈpʌnɪʃt/ · frequency rank #7,173*
simple past and past participle of punish

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