# witness vs witnessed

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### witness
*noun · IPA /ˈwɪtnɪs/ · frequency rank #2,925*
Attestation of a fact or event; testimony.

### witnessed
*verb · IPA /ˈwɪtnəst/ · frequency rank #6,752*
simple past and past participle of witness

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