Which to use
“carved” and “cased” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #8,521
- “carved” frequency rank
- #48,121
- “cased” frequency rank
- 56642
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | carved | cased |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | simple past and past participle of carve | simple past and past participle of case |
Where the eye mixes carved and cased
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. carved runs 6 letters (CVCCVC) against cased's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: carved vs cased
A purely visual mix-up. carved (/kɑɹvd/) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56642, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
carved is recorded at frequency rank #8,521, classified as averb, pronounced /kɑɹvd/. 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 56642, this pair ranks #124,794 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of carved vs cased
Shared letters: acde. Private to "carved": rv. Private to "cased": s.
"carved" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "cased" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "carved" and "cased" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary English text, does "carved" or "cased" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "carved" and "cased" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "carved" 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 #124,794 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "carved" 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 #124,794 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.