# poured vs powered

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### poured
*verb · IPA /pɔːd/ · frequency rank #9,381*
simple past and past participle of pour

### powered
*adjective · frequency rank #4,700*
Having its own source of power, or a named source.

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