Which to use
“disclosed” is an adjective and “discussed” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #9,596
- “disclosed” frequency rank
- #3,292
- “discussed” frequency rank
- 12888
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | disclosed | discussed |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Made known; admitted. | simple past and past participle of discuss |
Letter map: disclosed vs discussed
Shared letters muted; letters that set disclosed and discussed apart highlighted. Shared run: 7.
Part-of-speech tell for disclosed / discussed
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: disclosed is anadjective and discussedaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 12888, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
disclosed is recorded at frequency rank #9,596, classified as anadj. discussed is at rank #3,292, tagged as averb, pronounced /dɪˈskʌst/.
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 12888, this pair ranks #478,984 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of disclosed vs discussed
Shared letters: cdeis. Private to "disclosed": lo. Private to "discussed": u.
"disclosed" · 9 letters · shape CVCCCVCVC · "discussed" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "disclosed" and "discussed" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "disclosed" vs "discussed" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Pair "disclosed" vs "discussed" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "disclosed" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "discussed" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #478,984 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "disclosed" and "discussed" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "discussed vs disused". 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 #478,984 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.