# sailed vs Saleh

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### Saleh
*name · frequency rank #28,351*
A prophet of Islam who prophesied to the people of Thamud.

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