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“arrange” and “arranged” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,095
- “arrange” frequency rank
- #4,208
- “arranged” frequency rank
- 11303
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | arrange | arranged |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | To set up; to organize; to put into an orderly sequence or arrangement. | simple past and past participle of arrange |
Where the eye mixes arrange and arranged
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 7 letters in sequence. arrange runs 7 letters (VCCVCCV) against arranged's 8 (VCCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: arrange vs arranged
A purely visual mix-up. arrange (/əˈɹeɪnd͡ʒ/) and arranged (/əˈɹeɪnd͡ʒd/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “arrange” sits inside “arranged”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 11303, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
arrange is recorded at frequency rank #7,095, classified as averb, pronounced /əˈɹeɪnd͡ʒ/. arranged is at rank #4,208, tagged as averb, pronounced /əˈɹeɪnd͡ʒd/.
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 11303, this pair ranks #487,787 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of arrange vs arranged
Shared letters: aegnr. Private to "arrange": -. Private to "arranged": d.
"arrange" · 7 letters · shape VCCVCCV · "arranged" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "arrange" and "arranged" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "arrange" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "arranged" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #487,787 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "arrange" and "arranged" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "arrange vs arranger". 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 #487,787 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.