# pursued vs pursuit

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### pursued
*verb · IPA /pəˈsjuːd/ · frequency rank #8,474*
simple past and past participle of pursue

### pursuit
*noun · IPA /pə(ɹ)ˈsjuːt/ · frequency rank #5,906*
The act of pursuing.

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