Which to use
“clicker” is a noun and “clocked” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #46,382
- “clicker” frequency rank
- #22,930
- “clocked” frequency rank
- 69312
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | clicker | clocked |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | The remote-control device used to change settings on a television set, VCR, or other electronic equipment. | Embroidered with clocks (i.e. figured decorations, not timepieces). |
Letter map: clicker vs clocked
Shared letters muted; letters that set clicker and clocked apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. clicker and clocked follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Part-of-speech tell for clicker / clocked
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: clicker is anoun and clockedanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 69312, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
clicker is recorded at frequency rank #46,382, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈklɪkə/. clocked is at rank #22,930, 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 69312, this pair ranks #55,102 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of clicker vs clocked
Shared letters: cekl. Private to "clicker": ir. Private to "clocked": do.
"clicker" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC · "clocked" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "clicker" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "clocked" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #55,102 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "clicker" and "clocked" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "clicker vs cocker". 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 #55,102 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.