# touch vs touched

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### touch
*verb · IPA /tʌt͡ʃ/ · frequency rank #1,324*
Primarily physical senses.

### touched
*adjective · IPA /tʌt͡ʃt/ · frequency rank #4,341*
Emotionally moved (by), made to feel emotion (by).

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