# proclaim vs proclaimed

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### proclaim
*verb · IPA /pɹəʊˈkleɪm/ · frequency rank #20,467*
To announce or declare.

### proclaimed
*verb · IPA /pɹoʊˈkleɪmd/ · frequency rank #10,110*
simple past and past participle of proclaim

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