Which to use
“bath” is a noun and “bathed” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #3,352
- “bath” frequency rank
- #24,389
- “bathed” frequency rank
- 27741
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | bath | bathed |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A tub or pool which is used for bathing: bathtub. | simple past and past participle of bathe |
Where the eye mixes bath and bathed
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between bath and bathed
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: bath is /bɑːθ/ while bathed is /beɪðd/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “bath” sits inside “bathed”, and the parts of speech differ too (noun vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27741, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
bath is recorded at frequency rank #3,352, classified as anoun, pronounced /bɑːθ/. bathed is at rank #24,389, tagged as averb, pronounced /beɪðd/.
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 27741, this pair ranks #376,462 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of bath vs bathed
Shared letters: abht. Private to "bath": -. Private to "bathed": de.
"bath" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "bathed" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "bath" and "bathed" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "bath" or "bathed"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "bath" and "bathed" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "bath" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "bathed" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #376,462 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "bath" and "bathed" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bathed vs butted". 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 #376,462 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.