Which to use
“comment” is a noun and “commented” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,392
- “comment” frequency rank
- #6,343
- “commented” frequency rank
- 7735
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | comment | commented |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A spoken or written remark. | simple past and past participle of comment |
Where the spellings diverge
Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set comment and commented apart are highlighted. They share 7 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
comment and commented form a confusable pair in the English index, two distinct headwords that are easily confused because they look alike, sound alike, or both. They differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “comment” sits inside “commented” - close enough that the eye skips over the difference, far enough that meaning fully diverges. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 7735, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
comment is recorded at frequency rank #1,392, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈkɒm.ɛnt/. commented is at rank #6,343, tagged as averb, pronounced /ˈkɑmɛntɪd/.
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 7735, this pair ranks #505,802 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Frequency comparison
Frequently Asked Questions
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Remembering comment vs commented
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