# wear vs wept

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### wear
*verb · IPA /wɛə/ · frequency rank #1,289*
To have on:

### wept
*verb · IPA /wɛpt/ · frequency rank #21,419*
simple past and past participle of weep

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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