# waved vs weed

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### waved
*verb · IPA /weɪvd/ · frequency rank #14,250*
simple past and past participle of wave

### weed
*noun · IPA /wiːd/ · frequency rank #4,566*
Any plant unwanted at the place where and at the time when it is growing.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/waved-vs-weed