# Ted vs towed

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### Ted
*name · IPA /tɛd/ · frequency rank #4,636*
A nickname for the male given names Edward, Theodore, Thaddeus, and Edmund.

### towed
*verb · IPA /toʊd/ · frequency rank #17,737*
simple past and past participle of tow

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