# picked vs pissed

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### picked
*verb · IPA /pɪkt/ · frequency rank #1,956*
simple past and past participle of pick

### pissed
*verb · IPA /pɪst/ · frequency rank #4,697*
simple past and past participle of piss

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/picked-vs-pissed