# sound vs sounded

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### sound
*adjective · IPA /saʊnd/ · frequency rank #742*
Healthy.

### sounded
*verb · IPA /ˈsaʊndɪd/ · frequency rank #5,918*
simple past and past participle of sound

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