# upheld vs upped

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### upheld
*verb · IPA /ʌpˈhɛld/ · frequency rank #13,263*
simple past and past participle of uphold

### upped
*verb · IPA /ʌpt/ · frequency rank #26,651*
simple past and past participle of up

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