Which to use
“caked” and “cased” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #41,542
- “caked” frequency rank
- #48,121
- “cased” frequency rank
- 89663
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | caked | cased |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | simple past and past participle of cake | simple past and past participle of case |
Where the eye mixes caked and cased
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. caked and cased follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: caked vs cased
A purely visual mix-up. caked (/keɪkt/) and cased (/keɪst/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - k in “caked” becomes s in “cased”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 89663, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
caked is recorded at frequency rank #41,542, classified as averb, pronounced /keɪkt/. cased is at rank #48,121, tagged as averb, pronounced /keɪst/.
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 89663, this pair ranks #4,954 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of caked vs cased
Shared letters: acde. Private to "caked": k. Private to "cased": s.
"caked" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "cased" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "caked" and "cased" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "caked" vs "cased" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "caked" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cased" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #4,954 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "caked" and "cased" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cased vs clasped". 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 #4,954 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.