Which to use
“scratch” is a verb and “sed” is a conjunction - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #43,485
- “scratch” frequency rank
- #5,221
- “sed” frequency rank
- 48706
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | scratch | sed |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | kratzen | aber, wobei, sondern; jedoch |
Letter map: scratch vs sed
Shared letters muted; letters that set scratch and sed apart highlighted. Shared run: 1.
Part-of-speech tell for scratch / sed
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: scratch is averb and sedaconjunction. On the page they differ by 4 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48706, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
scratch is recorded at frequency rank #43,485, classified as averb, pronounced […]. sed is at rank #5,221, tagged as aconj, 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 48706, this pair ranks #1,238,656 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of scratch vs sed
Shared letters: s. Private to "scratch": achrt. Private to "sed": de.
"scratch" · 7 letters · shape CCCVCCC · "sed" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- scratch ← csratch · scartch · sccratch · scracth · scratcch · scratchh · scrathc · scrattch
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "scratch" and "sed" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "scratch" or "sed"?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "scratch" and "sed".
- Full dictionary entry for "scratch" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "sed" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #1,238,656 of 2,006,359 scored German confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "scratch" and "sed" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "puzzles vs scratch". 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 #1,238,656 of 2,006,359 scored German pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.