Which to use
“employed” and “exploded” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #3,486
- “employed” frequency rank
- #10,044
- “exploded” frequency rank
- 13530
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | employed | exploded |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | In a job; working. | Having been subjected to an explosion; blown up. |
Letter map: employed vs exploded
Shared letters muted; letters that set employed and exploded apart highlighted. Shared run: 6.
Corpus notes: employed and exploded
employed and exploded 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 13530, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
employed is recorded at frequency rank #3,486, classified as anadj, pronounced /ɪmˈplɔɪd/. exploded is at rank #10,044, 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 13530, this pair ranks #475,275 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of employed vs exploded
Shared letters: delop. Private to "employed": my. Private to "exploded": x.
"employed" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVVVC · "exploded" · 8 letters · shape VCCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "employed" and "exploded" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "employed" vs "exploded" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
You've compared "employed" and "exploded". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "employed" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "exploded" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #475,275 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "employed" and "exploded" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "explode vs exploded". 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 #475,275 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.