# damned vs danced

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### damned
*adjective · IPA /dæmd/ · frequency rank #8,655*
Godforsaken.

### danced
*verb · IPA /dɑːnst/ · frequency rank #11,527*
simple past and past participle of dance

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/damned-vs-danced