Which to use
“draw” and “drawn” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,629
- “draw” frequency rank
- #2,829
- “drawn” frequency rank
- 4458
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | draw | drawn |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Senses relating to exerting force or pulling. | past participle of draw |
Where the eye mixes draw and drawn
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between draw and drawn
A purely visual mix-up. draw (/dɹɑ/) and drawn (/dɹɔːn/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “draw” sits inside “drawn”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 4458, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
draw is recorded at frequency rank #1,629, classified as averb, pronounced /dɹɑ/. drawn is at rank #2,829, tagged as averb, pronounced /dɹɔːn/.
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 4458, this pair ranks #518,859 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of draw vs drawn
Shared letters: adrw. Private to "draw": -. Private to "drawn": n.
"draw" · 4 letters · shape CCVC · "drawn" · 5 letters · shape CCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "draw" and "drawn" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary English text, does "draw" or "drawn" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "draw" and "drawn" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "draw" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "drawn" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #518,859 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "draw" and "drawn" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Dirac vs draw". 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 #518,859 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.