Which to use
“checked” is an adjective and “chucked” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,779
- “checked” frequency rank
- #35,657
- “chucked” frequency rank
- 38436
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | checked | chucked |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Marked with a check mark. | simple past and past participle of chuck |
Where the eye mixes checked and chucked
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. checked and chucked follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: checked vs chucked
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: checked is /t͡ʃɛkt/ while chucked is /t͡ʃʌkt/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by a single letter - e in “checked” becomes u in “chucked”, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs verb), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38436, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
checked is recorded at frequency rank #2,779, classified as anadj, pronounced /t͡ʃɛkt/. chucked is at rank #35,657, tagged as averb, pronounced /t͡ʃʌkt/.
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 38436, this pair ranks #285,931 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of checked vs chucked
Shared letters: cdehk. Private to "checked": -. Private to "chucked": u.
"checked" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC · "chucked" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "checked" for "chucked" ever safe?
Frequency check: "checked" vs "chucked" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "checked" and "chucked" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "checked" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "chucked" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #285,931 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "checked" and "chucked" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "chucked vs chucks". 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 #285,931 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.