Which to use
“leaked” is a verb and “leaker” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #7,152
- “leaked” frequency rank
- #48,319
- “leaker” frequency rank
- 55471
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | leaked | leaker |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | simple past and past participle of leak | Somebody who leaks information. |
Letter map: leaked vs leaker
Shared letters muted; letters that set leaked and leaker apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.
Part-of-speech tell for leaked / leaker
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: leaked is averb and leakeranoun. On the page they differ by a single letter - d in “leaked” becomes r in “leaker”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 55471, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
leaked is recorded at frequency rank #7,152, classified as averb, pronounced /liːkt/. leaker is at rank #48,319, tagged as anoun.
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 55471, this pair ranks #133,387 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of leaked vs leaker
Shared letters: aekl. Private to "leaked": d. Private to "leaker": r.
"leaked" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC · "leaker" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "leaked" and "leaker" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary English text, does "leaked" or "leaker" show up more?
After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "leaked" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "leaker" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #133,387 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "leaked" and "leaker" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "laver vs leaker". 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 #133,387 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.