# stole vs stolen

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### stolen
*verb · IPA /ˈstəʊ.ln̩/ · frequency rank #3,586*
past participle of steal

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