Which to use
“bottomed” is an adjective and “bottoms” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #33,154
- “bottomed” frequency rank
- #14,281
- “bottoms” frequency rank
- 47435
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | bottomed | bottoms |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Having some specified type of bottom. | plural of bottom |
Letter map: bottomed vs bottoms
Shared letters muted; letters that set bottomed and bottoms apart highlighted. Shared run: 6. bottomed runs 8 letters (CVCCVCVC) against bottoms's 7 (CVCCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for bottomed / bottoms
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: bottomed is anadjective and bottomsanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47435, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
bottomed is recorded at frequency rank #33,154, classified as anadj. bottoms is at rank #14,281, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈbɒ.təmz/.
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 47435, this pair ranks #202,482 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of bottomed vs bottoms
Shared letters: bmot. Private to "bottomed": de. Private to "bottoms": s.
"bottomed" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC · "bottoms" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "bottomed" for "bottoms" ever safe?
Frequency check: "bottomed" vs "bottoms" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
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- Full dictionary entry for "bottomed" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "bottoms" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #202,482 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "bottomed" and "bottoms" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "boomed vs bottomed". 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 #202,482 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.