# sacrifice vs sacrificed

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### sacrifice
*noun · IPA /ˈsæk.ɹɪ.faɪs/ · frequency rank #4,409*
Originally, the killing (and often burning) of a human being or an animal as an offering to a deity; later, also the offering of an object to a deity.

### sacrificed
*verb · IPA /ˈsæk.ɹɪ.faɪst/ · frequency rank #11,790*
simple past and past participle of sacrifice

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