# communicate vs communicated

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### communicate
*verb · IPA /kəˈmjuːnɪkeɪt/ · frequency rank #5,112*
To impart.

### communicated
*verb · IPA /kəˈmjuːnɪkeɪtɪd/ · frequency rank #14,298*
simple past and past participle of communicate

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