# phoned vs posed

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### posed
*verb · IPA /pəʊzd/ · frequency rank #9,510*
simple past and past participle of pose

## Source
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