# seemed vs stemmed

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

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

### stemmed
*adjective · frequency rank #22,229*
Having a stem.

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