Which to use
“beamed” is an adjective and “blames” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #28,834
- “beamed” frequency rank
- #13,863
- “blames” frequency rank
- 42697
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | beamed | blames |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Furnished with beams or timbers. | third-person singular simple present indicative of blame |
Letter map: beamed vs blames
Shared letters muted; letters that set beamed and blames apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.
Part-of-speech tell for beamed / blames
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: beamed is anadjective and blamesaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 42697, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
beamed is recorded at frequency rank #28,834, classified as anadj. blames is at rank #13,863, tagged as averb, pronounced /bleɪmz/.
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 42697, this pair ranks #246,894 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of beamed vs blames
Shared letters: abem. Private to "beamed": d. Private to "blames": ls.
"beamed" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC · "blames" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "beamed" for "blames" ever safe?
Frequency check: "beamed" vs "blames" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "beamed" and "blames".
- Full dictionary entry for "beamed" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "blames" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #246,894 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "beamed" and "blames" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "beamed vs beamer". 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 #246,894 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.