# pissed vs pressed

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### pressed
*verb · IPA /pɹɛst/ · frequency rank #5,902*
simple past and past participle of press

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/pissed-vs-pressed