Which to use
“disclose” is a verb and “disclosed” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #9,034
- “disclose” frequency rank
- #9,596
- “disclosed” frequency rank
- 18630
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | disclose | disclosed |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | To open up; unfasten. | Made known; admitted. |
Letter map: disclose vs disclosed
Shared letters muted; letters that set disclose and disclosed apart highlighted. Shared run: 8.
Part-of-speech tell for disclose / disclosed
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: disclose is averb and disclosedanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “disclose” sits inside “disclosed”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18630, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
disclose is recorded at frequency rank #9,034, classified as averb, pronounced /dɪsˈkləʊz/. disclosed is at rank #9,596, 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 18630, this pair ranks #443,625 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of disclose vs disclosed
Shared letters: cdeilos. Private to "disclose": -. Private to "disclosed": -.
"disclose" · 8 letters · shape CVCCCVCV · "disclosed" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Frequency check: "disclose" vs "disclosed" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "disclose" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "disclosed" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #443,625 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "disclose" and "disclosed" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "disclosed vs disposed". 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 #443,625 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.