# touched vs tougher

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### tougher
*adjective · frequency rank #11,990*
comparative form of tough: more tough

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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