# stone vs strove

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### stone
*noun · IPA /stəʊ̯n/ · frequency rank #1,676*
A hard earthen substance that can form rocks; especially, such substance when regarded as a building material.

### strove
*verb · IPA /ˈstɹɔʊv/ · frequency rank #43,398*
simple past of strive

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