Which to use
“chewed” is a verb and “clawed” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #21,159
- “chewed” frequency rank
- #34,433
- “clawed” frequency rank
- 55592
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | chewed | clawed |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | simple past and past participle of chew | having claws (of animals) |
Letter map: chewed vs clawed
Shared letters muted; letters that set chewed and clawed apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.
Role in the sentence - chewed and clawed
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: chewed is averb and clawedanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55592, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
chewed is recorded at frequency rank #21,159, classified as averb, pronounced /t͡ʃuːd/. clawed is at rank #34,433, tagged as anadj.
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 55592, this pair ranks #132,446 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of chewed vs clawed
Shared letters: cdew. Private to "chewed": h. Private to "clawed": al.
"chewed" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC · "clawed" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "chewed" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "clawed" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #132,446 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "chewed" and "clawed" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "clawed vs crewed". 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 #132,446 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.