Which to use
“bottle” is a noun and “bottled” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,613
- “bottle” frequency rank
- #15,113
- “bottled” frequency rank
- 17726
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | bottle | bottled |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A container, typically made of glass or plastic and having a tapered neck, used primarily for holding liquids. | simple past and past participle of bottle |
Letter map: bottle vs bottled
Shared letters muted; letters that set bottle and bottled apart highlighted. Shared run: 6.
Role in the sentence - bottle and bottled
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: bottle is anoun and bottledaverb. On the page they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “bottle” sits inside “bottled”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 17726, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
bottle is recorded at frequency rank #2,613, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈbɒt.l̩/. bottled is at rank #15,113, tagged as averb.
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 17726, this pair ranks #449,569 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of bottle vs bottled
Shared letters: belot. Private to "bottle": -. Private to "bottled": d.
"bottle" · 6 letters · shape CVCCCV · "bottled" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "bottle" and "bottled" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "bottle" vs "bottled" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pair "bottle" vs "bottled" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "bottle" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "bottled" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #449,569 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "bottle" and "bottled" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "bottled 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 #449,569 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.