# slough vs sought

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### slough
*noun · IPA /slʌf/ · frequency rank #26,965*
The skin shed by a snake or other reptile.

### sought
*verb · IPA /sɔːt/ · frequency rank #3,087*
simple past and past participle of seek

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