# winked vs wished

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### wished
*verb · IPA /wɪʃt/ · frequency rank #7,191*
simple past and past participle of wish

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