Which to use
“carrick” is a noun and “carried” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #23,775
- “carrick” frequency rank
- #1,747
- “carried” frequency rank
- 25522
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | carrick | carried |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Alternative spelling of carrack. | simple past and past participle of carry |
Letter map: carrick vs carried
Shared letters muted; letters that set carrick and carried apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. carrick (CVCCVCC) and carried (CVCCVVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Part-of-speech tell for carrick / carried
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: carrick is anoun and carriedaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25522, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
carrick is recorded at frequency rank #23,775, classified as anoun. carried is at rank #1,747, tagged as averb, pronounced /ˈkæɹ.ɪd/.
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 25522, this pair ranks #393,625 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of carrick vs carried
Shared letters: acir. Private to "carrick": k. Private to "carried": de.
"carrick" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVCC · "carried" · 7 letters · shape CVCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "carrick" and "carried" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "carrick" or "carried"?
What to do next
Pair "carrick" vs "carried" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "carrick" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "carried" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #393,625 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "carrick" and "carried" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "carrick vs carrion". 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 #393,625 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.