# said vs sic

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### said
*verb · IPA /sɛd/ · frequency rank #100*
simple past and past participle of say

### sic
*adverb · IPA /sɪk/ · frequency rank #12,684*
Thus; as written; used to indicate, for example, that text is being quoted as it is from the source.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/said-vs-sic