# trace vs traced

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### trace
*noun · IPA /tɹeɪs/ · frequency rank #5,277*
An act of tracing.

### traced
*verb · IPA /ˈtɹeɪst/ · frequency rank #9,679*
simple past and past participle of trace

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