# sed vs sends

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### sed
*name · IPA /sɛd/ · frequency rank #31,340*
A noninteractive text editor (originally developed in Unix), intended for making systematic edits in an automatic or batch-oriented way.

### sends
*verb · IPA /sɛndz/ · frequency rank #5,627*
third-person singular simple present indicative of send

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