Which to use
“incensed” is an adjective and “increased” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #37,042
- “incensed” frequency rank
- #1,308
- “increased” frequency rank
- 38350
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | incensed | increased |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Enraged; infuriated; spitefully or furiously angry. | simple past and past participle of increase |
Letter map: incensed vs increased
Shared letters muted; letters that set incensed and increased apart highlighted. Shared run: 7. incensed runs 8 letters (VCCVCCVC) against increased's 9 (VCCCVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for incensed / increased
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: incensed is anadjective and increasedaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38350, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
incensed is recorded at frequency rank #37,042, classified as anadj. increased is at rank #1,308, tagged as averb, pronounced /ɪnˈkɹiːst/.
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 38350, this pair ranks #286,661 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of incensed vs increased
Shared letters: cdeins. Private to "incensed": -. Private to "increased": ar.
"incensed" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC · "increased" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "incensed" and "increased" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary English text, does "incensed" or "increased" show up more?
After this comparison
Pair "incensed" vs "increased" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "incensed" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "increased" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #286,661 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "incensed" and "increased" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "incensed vs indented". 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 #286,661 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.