# waved vs wiped

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### wiped
*verb · IPA /waɪpt/ · frequency rank #8,878*
simple past and past participle of wipe

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