# thanked vs thawed

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### thawed
*verb · IPA /θɔːd/ · frequency rank #41,422*
simple past and past participle of thaw

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