# pressed vs professed

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### pressed
*verb · IPA /pɹɛst/ · frequency rank #5,902*
simple past and past participle of press

### professed
*adjective · IPA /pɹəˈfɛst/ · frequency rank #24,873*
Openly declared or acknowledged.

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