Which to use
“haired” and “hated” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,225
- “haired” frequency rank
- #5,133
- “hated” frequency rank
- 16358
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | haired | hated |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Bearing one's own hair as grown and yet attached; neither bald nor hairless. | Disliked; odious; reviled. |
Where the eye mixes haired and hated
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: haired vs hated
A purely visual mix-up. haired (/hɛəd/) and hated (/ˈheɪtɪd/) 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 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16358, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
haired is recorded at frequency rank #11,225, classified as anadj, pronounced /hɛəd/. hated is at rank #5,133, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ˈheɪtɪd/.
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 16358, this pair ranks #458,252 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of haired vs hated
Shared letters: adeh. Private to "haired": ir. Private to "hated": t.
"haired" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC · "hated" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "haired" and "hated" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "haired" or "hated"?
After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "haired" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "hated" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #458,252 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "haired" and "hated" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Haber vs hated". 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 #458,252 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.