Which to use
“court” is a noun and “courted” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #370
- “court” frequency rank
- #33,593
- “courted” frequency rank
- 33963
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | court | courted |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | An enclosed space; a courtyard; an uncovered area shut in by the walls of a building, or by different buildings; also, a space opening from a street and nearly surrounded by houses; a blind alley. | Romantically pursued; wooed. |
Letter map: court vs courted
Shared letters muted; letters that set court and courted apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. court runs 5 letters (CVVCC) against courted's 7 (CVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Role in the sentence - court and courted
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: court is anoun and courtedanadjective. On the page they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “court” sits inside “courted”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 33963, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
court is recorded at frequency rank #370, classified as anoun, pronounced /kɔːt/. courted is at rank #33,593, 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 33963, this pair ranks #324,869 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of court vs courted
Shared letters: cortu. Private to "court": -. Private to "courted": de.
"court" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC · "courted" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "court" and "courted" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary English text, does "court" or "courted" show up more?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "court" and "courted".
- Full dictionary entry for "court" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "courted" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #324,869 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "court" and "courted" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "courted vs crusted". 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 #324,869 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.