# confessed vs confessor

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### confessed
*verb · IPA /kənˈfɛst/ · frequency rank #10,669*
simple past and past participle of confess

### confessor
*noun · IPA /kənˈfɛsə/ · frequency rank #33,186*
One who confesses faith in Christianity in the face of persecution, but who is not martyred.

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