# pursued vs pushed

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### pushed
*verb · IPA /pʊʃt/ · frequency rank #3,447*
simple past and past participle of push

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