# sweetened vs sweetener

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### sweetened
*verb · frequency rank #28,746*
simple past and past participle of sweeten

### sweetener
*noun · frequency rank #33,043*
Something added to food to sweeten its taste, especially an artificial substitute for sugar.

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