# stayed vs stewed

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### stayed
*verb · IPA /steɪd/ · frequency rank #2,864*
simple past and past participle of stay

### stewed
*adjective · IPA /stuːd/ · frequency rank #44,505*
Having been cooked by slowly boiling or simmering (see stew).

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