Which to use
“headed” and “heady” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,736
- “headed” frequency rank
- #31,593
- “heady” frequency rank
- 34329
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | headed | heady |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Of a sheet of paper: having the sender's name, address, etc. preprinted at the top. | Intoxicating or stupefying. |
Where the eye mixes headed and heady
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: headed vs heady
A purely visual mix-up. headed (/ˈhɛdɪd/) and heady (/ˈhɛdi/) 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 34329, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
headed is recorded at frequency rank #2,736, classified as anadj, pronounced /ˈhɛdɪd/. heady is at rank #31,593, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ˈhɛdi/.
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 34329, this pair ranks #321,768 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of headed vs heady
Shared letters: adeh. Private to "headed": -. Private to "heady": y.
"headed" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC · "heady" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "headed" and "heady" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "headed" or "heady"?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "headed" and "heady" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "headed" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "heady" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #321,768 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "headed" and "heady" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "heady vs Henny". 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 #321,768 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.