Which to use
“conned” is a verb and “cooked” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #35,229
- “conned” frequency rank
- #5,950
- “cooked” frequency rank
- 41179
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | conned | cooked |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | simple past and past participle of con | Prepared by cooking. |
Where the eye mixes conned and cooked
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Why the eye confuses conned with cooked
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: conned is /kɒnd/ while cooked is /kʊkt/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (verb vs adjective), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41179, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
conned is recorded at frequency rank #35,229, classified as averb, pronounced /kɒnd/. cooked is at rank #5,950, tagged as anadj, pronounced /kʊkt/.
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 41179, this pair ranks #260,811 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of conned vs cooked
Shared letters: cdeo. Private to "conned": n. Private to "cooked": k.
"conned" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "cooked" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "conned" and "cooked" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary English text, does "conned" or "cooked" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "conned" and "cooked" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "conned" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "cooked" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #260,811 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "conned" and "cooked" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "coaxed vs conned". 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 #260,811 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.