Which to use
“hedged” is a verb and “Hodges” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #49,386
- “hedged” frequency rank
- #17,630
- “Hodges” frequency rank
- 67016
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | hedged | Hodges |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | simple past and past participle of hedge | A surname originating as a patronymic. |
Letter map: hedged vs Hodges
Shared letters muted; letters that set hedged and Hodges apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. hedged and Hodges follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Role in the sentence - hedged and Hodges
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: hedged is averb and Hodgesaname. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 67016, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
hedged is recorded at frequency rank #49,386, classified as averb, pronounced /hɛd͡ʒd/. Hodges is at rank #17,630, tagged as aname.
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 67016, this pair ranks #65,342 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of hedged vs Hodges
Shared letters: degh. Private to "hedged": -. Private to "Hodges": os.
"hedged" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "Hodges" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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- Full dictionary entry for "hedged" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Hodges" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #65,342 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "hedged" and "Hodges" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "hedged vs heeded". 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 #65,342 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.