Which to use
“inflected” is an adjective and “inflicted” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #47,688
- “inflected” frequency rank
- #12,621
- “inflicted” frequency rank
- 60309
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | inflected | inflicted |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Deviating from a straight line. | simple past and past participle of inflict |
Letter map: inflected vs inflicted
Shared letters muted; letters that set inflected and inflicted apart highlighted. Shared run: 8. inflected and inflicted follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Role in the sentence - inflected and inflicted
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: inflected is anadjective and inflictedaverb. On the page they differ by a single letter - e in “inflected” becomes i in “inflicted”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 60309, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
inflected is recorded at frequency rank #47,688, classified as anadj. inflicted is at rank #12,621, tagged as averb, pronounced /ɪnˈflɪktɪd/.
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 60309, this pair ranks #100,905 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of inflected vs inflicted
Shared letters: cdefilnt. Private to "inflected": -. Private to "inflicted": -.
"inflected" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCCVC · "inflicted" · 9 letters · shape VCCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "inflected" for "inflicted" ever safe?
Frequency check: "inflected" vs "inflicted" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pair "inflected" vs "inflicted" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "inflected" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "inflicted" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #100,905 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "inflected" and "inflicted" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "inflated vs inflected". 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 #100,905 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.