# stud vs sued

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### stud
*noun · IPA /stʌd/ · frequency rank #10,615*
A male animal, especially a stud horse (stallion), kept for breeding.

### sued
*verb · IPA /sjuːd/ · frequency rank #8,360*
simple past and past participle of sue

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