Which to use
“beached” is an adjective and “beaches” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #46,332
- “beached” frequency rank
- #7,528
- “beaches” frequency rank
- 53860
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | beached | beaches |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Having a beach. | plural of beach |
Where the eye mixes beached and beaches
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses beached with beaches
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: beached is /biːt͡ʃt/ while beaches is /ˈbiːt͡ʃɪz/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - d in “beached” becomes s in “beaches”, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53860, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
beached is recorded at frequency rank #46,332, classified as anadj, pronounced /biːt͡ʃt/. beaches is at rank #7,528, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈbiːt͡ʃɪz/.
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 53860, this pair ranks #145,600 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of beached vs beaches
Shared letters: abceh. Private to "beached": d. Private to "beaches": s.
"beached" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC · "beaches" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "beached" for "beaches" ever safe?
In ordinary English text, does "beached" or "beaches" show up more?
Useful next steps
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "beached" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "beaches" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #145,600 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "beached" and "beaches" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "beached vs bleacher". 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 #145,600 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.