# underwear vs underwent

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### underwear
*noun · IPA /ˈʌndəwɛə/ · frequency rank #7,632*
Clothes worn next to the skin, underneath outer clothing.

### underwent
*verb · IPA /ˌʌn.dəˈwɛnt/ · frequency rank #12,162*
simple past of undergo

## Source
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