# rental vs rented

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### rental
*noun · IPA /ˈɹɛntəl/ · frequency rank #6,091*
Something that is rented.

### rented
*verb · IPA /ˈɹɛn(t)ɪd/ · frequency rank #8,599*
simple past and past participle of rent

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