Which to use
“amount” is a noun and “amounted” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #760
- “amount” frequency rank
- #14,266
- “amounted” frequency rank
- 15026
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | amount | amounted |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | The total, aggregate or sum of material (not applicable to discrete numbers or units or items in standard English). | simple past and past participle of amount |
Where the eye mixes amount and amounted
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses amount with amounted
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: amount is /əˈmaʊnt/ while amounted is /əˈmaʊntɪd/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “amount” sits inside “amounted”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 15026, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
amount is recorded at frequency rank #760, classified as anoun, pronounced /əˈmaʊnt/. amounted is at rank #14,266, tagged as averb, pronounced /əˈmaʊntɪd/.
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 15026, this pair ranks #466,499 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of amount vs amounted
Shared letters: amnotu. Private to "amount": -. Private to "amounted": de.
"amount" · 6 letters · shape VCVVCC · "amounted" · 8 letters · shape VCVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "amount" for "amounted" ever safe?
Frequency check: "amount" vs "amounted" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "amount" and "amounted" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "amount" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "amounted" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #466,499 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "amount" and "amounted" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "amounted vs anointed". 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 #466,499 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.