# told vs turd

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### told
*verb · IPA /təʊld/ · frequency rank #268*
simple past and past participle of tell

### turd
*noun · IPA /tɜːd/ · frequency rank #24,036*
A piece of solid feces.

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