Which to use
“accomplish” is a verb and “accomplished” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #6,538
- “accomplish” frequency rank
- #5,568
- “accomplished” frequency rank
- 12106
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | accomplish | accomplished |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | To finish successfully. | Completed; effected; established. |
Where the eye mixes accomplish and accomplished
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 10 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between accomplish and accomplished
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: accomplish is /əˈkʌm.plɪʃ/ while accomplished is /əˈkɑm.plɪʃt/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “accomplish” sits inside “accomplished”, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12106, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
accomplish is recorded at frequency rank #6,538, classified as averb, pronounced /əˈkʌm.plɪʃ/. accomplished is at rank #5,568, tagged as anadj, pronounced /əˈkɑm.plɪʃt/.
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 12106, this pair ranks #483,388 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of accomplish vs accomplished
Shared letters: achilmops. Private to "accomplish": -. Private to "accomplished": de.
"accomplish" · 10 letters · shape VCCVCCCVCC · "accomplished" · 12 letters · shape VCCVCCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- accomplish ← accmoplish · accomlpish · accommplish · accompilsh · accomplihs · accomplishh · accomplissh · accompllish
- accomplished ← accmoplished · accomlpished · accommplished · accompilshed · accomplihsed · accomplisehd · accomplishde · accomplishedd
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "accomplish" and "accomplished" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "accomplish" or "accomplished"?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "accomplish" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "accomplished" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #483,388 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "accomplish" and "accomplished" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "accomplice vs accomplish". 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 #483,388 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.