# talked vs thanked

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### talked
*verb · IPA /tɔːkt/ · frequency rank #2,410*
simple past and past participle of talk

### thanked
*verb · IPA /θæŋkt/ · frequency rank #12,341*
simple past and past participle of thank

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