adjustedvsadjusterTell them apart

Quick tell: adjusted is a adjective, adjuster is a noun, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“adjusted” is an adjective and “adjuster” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#5,931
“adjusted” frequency rank
#42,511
“adjuster” frequency rank
48442
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature adjusted adjuster
Definition Which has been compensated in order to avoid bias. One who adjusts something, especially the amount of compensation due in an insurance claim.

Letter map: adjusted vs adjuster

Shared letters muted; letters that set adjusted and adjuster apart highlighted. Shared run: 7.

8 ch
adjusted
8 ch
adjuster

Role in the sentence - adjusted and adjuster

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: adjusted is anadjective and adjusteranoun. On the page they differ by a single letter - d in “adjusted” becomes r in “adjuster”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48442, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

adjusted is recorded at frequency rank #5,931, classified as anadj, pronounced /əˈd͡ʒʌstɪd/. adjuster is at rank #42,511, tagged as anoun.

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 48442, this pair ranks #193,027 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of adjusted vs adjuster

Shared letters: adejstu. Private to "adjusted": -. Private to "adjuster": r.

"adjusted" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC  ·  "adjuster" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • adjustedaddjusted · adjjusted · adjsuted · adjusetd · adjussted · adjustde · adjustedd · adjustted
  • adjusteraddjuster · adjjuster · adjsuter · adjusetr · adjusster · adjusterr · adjustre · adjustter

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "adjusted" and "adjuster" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "adjusted" is an adjective and "adjuster" a noun, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Frequency check: "adjusted" vs "adjuster" - which ranks higher?
"adjusted" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,931 in our English list, against #42,511 for "adjuster". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "adjusted" vs "adjuster" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "adjusted" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "adjuster" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #193,027 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "adjusted" and "adjuster" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "adjuster vs adjusts". 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 #193,027 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list