# walked vs winked

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### walked
*verb · IPA /wɔːkt/ · frequency rank #2,187*
simple past and past participle of walk

### winked
*verb · IPA /wɪŋkt/ · frequency rank #38,245*
simple past and past participle of wink

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