# prone vs pruned

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### prone
*adjective · IPA /pɹəʊn/ · frequency rank #7,961*
Lying face-down.

### pruned
*verb · IPA /pɹuːnd/ · frequency rank #48,986*
simple past and past participle of prune

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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