# pooled vs posed

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### pooled
*verb · IPA /puːld/ · frequency rank #29,792*
simple past and past participle of pool

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

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