# seamen vs seemed

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### seamen
*noun · IPA /ˈsiːmɛn/ · frequency rank #31,339*
plural of seaman

### seemed
*verb · IPA /siːmd/ · frequency rank #1,616*
simple past and past participle of seem

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