Which to use
“power” is an adjective and “powered” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #4,226
- “power” frequency rank
- #38,951
- “powered” frequency rank
- 43177
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | power | powered |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | arm, dürftig | Präteritum (simple past) des Verbs power |
Letter map: power vs powered
Shared letters muted; letters that set power and powered apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.
Role in the sentence - power and powered
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: power is anadjective and poweredaverb. On the page they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “power” sits inside “powered”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43177, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
power is recorded at frequency rank #4,226, classified as anadj, pronounced [ˈpoːvɐ]. powered is at rank #38,951, tagged as averb, pronounced […].
Glosses for this pair are partially populated in our dataset, but the full side-by-side definitions above should still guide you to the right choice.
With a confusion score of 43177, this pair ranks #1,426,264 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of power vs powered
Shared letters: eoprw. Private to "power": -. Private to "powered": d.
"power" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "powered" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "power" for "powered" ever safe?
Which is more common, "power" or "powered"?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "power" and "powered".
- Full dictionary entry for "power" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "powered" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,426,264 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "power" and "powered" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "powered vs puzzles". Nearby pair
- Recorded mistypes exist for at least one side of this pair, useful when a spell-checker or OCR lands on the wrong form. See mistypes
Confusion rank #1,426,264 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.