# tore vs towed

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### tore
*adjective · IPA /tɔː(ɹ)/ · frequency rank #11,139*
Hard, difficult; wearisome, tedious.

### 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/tore-vs-towed