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“deluded” and “derided” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #23,801
- “deluded” frequency rank
- #38,363
- “derided” frequency rank
- 62164
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | deluded | derided |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Being affected by delusions. | Disparaged; subject to criticism or mockery. |
Letter map: deluded vs derided
Shared letters muted; letters that set deluded and derided apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. deluded and derided follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Corpus notes: deluded and derided
deluded and derided are indexed as a confusable English pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62164, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
deluded is recorded at frequency rank #23,801, classified as anadj, pronounced /dɪˈluːdɪd/. derided is at rank #38,363, 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 62164, this pair ranks #90,015 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of deluded vs derided
Shared letters: de. Private to "deluded": lu. Private to "derided": ir.
"deluded" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "derided" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "deluded" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "derided" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #90,015 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "deluded" and "derided" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "defiled vs derided". 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 #90,015 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.