Which to use
“added” and “aimed” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #701
- “added” frequency rank
- #4,650
- “aimed” frequency rank
- 5351
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | added | aimed |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | simple past and past participle of add | simple past and past participle of aim |
Where the eye mixes added and aimed
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses added with aimed
A purely visual mix-up. added (/ˈæd.əd/) and aimed (/eɪmd/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 5351, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
added is recorded at frequency rank #701, classified as averb, pronounced /ˈæd.əd/. aimed is at rank #4,650, tagged as averb, pronounced /eɪmd/.
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 5351, this pair ranks #515,664 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of added vs aimed
Shared letters: ade. Private to "added": -. Private to "aimed": im.
"added" · 5 letters · shape VCCVC · "aimed" · 5 letters · shape VVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "added" and "aimed" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary English text, does "added" or "aimed" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "added" and "aimed" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "added" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "aimed" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #515,664 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "added" and "aimed" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "aced vs aimed". 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 #515,664 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.