# surrounded vs surrounds

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### surrounded
*verb · IPA /səˈɹaʊndɪd/ · frequency rank #3,912*
simple past and past participle of surround

### surrounds
*noun · frequency rank #15,926*
Things bordering, adjacent to, or near something else; surroundings.

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