# winged vs winked

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### winged
*adjective · IPA /wɪŋɪd/ · frequency rank #16,387*
Having wings.

### 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/winged-vs-winked