Which to use
“cloak” is a noun and “cloaked” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #13,483
- “cloak” frequency rank
- #33,985
- “cloaked” frequency rank
- 47468
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | cloak | cloaked |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A long outer garment worn over the shoulders covering the back; a cape, often with a hood. | Wearing a cloak. |
Letter map: cloak vs cloaked
Shared letters muted; letters that set cloak and cloaked apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. cloak runs 5 letters (CCVVC) against cloaked's 7 (CCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - cloak and cloaked
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: cloak is anoun and cloakedanadjective. On the page they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “cloak” sits inside “cloaked”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47468, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
cloak is recorded at frequency rank #13,483, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈkloʊk/. cloaked is at rank #33,985, 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 47468, this pair ranks #202,161 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of cloak vs cloaked
Shared letters: acklo. Private to "cloak": -. Private to "cloaked": de.
"cloak" · 5 letters · shape CCVVC · "cloaked" · 7 letters · shape CCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "cloak" and "cloaked" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary English text, does "cloak" or "cloaked" show up more?
What to do next
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- Full dictionary entry for "cloak" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cloaked" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #202,161 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "cloak" and "cloaked" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "cleaved vs cloaked". 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 #202,161 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.