Which to use
“draft” is a noun and “drafted” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,438
- “draft” frequency rank
- #8,140
- “drafted” frequency rank
- 10578
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | draft | drafted |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A current of air, usually coming into a room or vehicle. | of a certain depth required to float (said of a vessel); used comparatively with shallow, deep, etc. |
Letter map: draft vs drafted
Shared letters muted; letters that set draft and drafted apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.
Role in the sentence - draft and drafted
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: draft is anoun and draftedanadjective. On the page they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “draft” sits inside “drafted”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 10578, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
draft is recorded at frequency rank #2,438, classified as anoun, pronounced /dɹɑːft/. drafted is at rank #8,140, 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 10578, this pair ranks #491,608 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of draft vs drafted
Shared letters: adfrt. Private to "draft": -. Private to "drafted": e.
"draft" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC · "drafted" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "draft" and "drafted" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "draft" vs "drafted" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've compared "draft" and "drafted". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "draft" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "drafted" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #491,608 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "draft" and "drafted" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "darted vs drafted". 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 #491,608 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.