# sawed vs sped

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### sawed
*verb · frequency rank #37,213*
simple past and past participle of saw

### sped
*verb · IPA /spɛd/ · frequency rank #20,782*
simple past and past participle of speed

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