# sold vs stole

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### sold
*verb · IPA /səʊld/ · frequency rank #1,150*
simple past and past participle of sell

### stole
*verb · IPA /stəʊl/ · frequency rank #5,087*
simple past of steal

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