# tire vs tired

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### tire
*verb · IPA /ˈtaɪ̯ə(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #6,970*
To become sleepy or weary.

### tired
*verb · IPA [ˈtaɪ̯əd] · frequency rank #2,021*
simple past and past participle of tire

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