# sailed vs sailor

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### sailed
*verb · IPA /seɪld/ · frequency rank #11,109*
simple past and past participle of sail

### sailor
*noun · IPA /ˈseɪ.lɚ/ · frequency rank #9,953*
A person who sails; one whose occupation is sailing or navigating ships or other waterborne craft.

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