# proud vs proudly

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### proud
*adjective · IPA /pɹaʊd/ · frequency rank #1,735*
Feeling honoured (by something); feeling happy or satisfied about an event or fact; gratified.

### proudly
*adverb · IPA /ˈpɹaʊdli/ · frequency rank #11,094*
In a proud manner.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/proud-vs-proudly