# stony vs stood

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### stony
*adjective · IPA /ˈstəʊni/ · frequency rank #19,707*
As hard as stone.

### stood
*verb · IPA /stʊd/ · frequency rank #2,645*
simple past and past participle of stand

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