Which to use
“filtered” is an adjective and “fingered” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #14,760
- “filtered” frequency rank
- #26,088
- “fingered” frequency rank
- 40848
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | filtered | fingered |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | With a filter (e.g., a cigarette). | simple past and past participle of finger |
Letter map: filtered vs fingered
Shared letters muted; letters that set filtered and fingered apart highlighted. Shared run: 6. filtered and fingered follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Grammar separator: filtered vs fingered
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: filtered is anadjective and fingeredaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 40848, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
filtered is recorded at frequency rank #14,760, classified as anadj. fingered is at rank #26,088, tagged as averb, pronounced /ˈfɪŋɡəd/.
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 40848, this pair ranks #263,848 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of filtered vs fingered
Shared letters: defir. Private to "filtered": lt. Private to "fingered": gn.
"filtered" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC · "fingered" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "filtered" and "fingered" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "filtered" vs "fingered" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "filtered" and "fingered".
- Full dictionary entry for "filtered" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fingered" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #263,848 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "filtered" and "fingered" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "figured vs fingered". 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 #263,848 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.