# commence vs commenced

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### commence
*verb · IPA /kəˈmɛns/ · frequency rank #13,119*
To begin, start.

### commenced
*verb · IPA /kəˈmɛnst/ · frequency rank #9,861*
simple past and past participle of commence

## Source
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