Which to use
“licked” is an adjective and “locket” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #20,692
- “licked” frequency rank
- #33,714
- “locket” frequency rank
- 54406
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | licked | locket |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Having been the target of a lick; touched by a tongue. | A pendant that opens to reveal a space used for storing a photograph or other small item. |
Where the eye mixes licked and locket
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: licked vs locket
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: licked is /lɪkt/ while locket is /ˈlɒkɪt/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 54406, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
licked is recorded at frequency rank #20,692, classified as anadj, pronounced /lɪkt/. locket is at rank #33,714, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈlɒkɪt/.
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 54406, this pair ranks #141,332 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of licked vs locket
Shared letters: cekl. Private to "licked": di. Private to "locket": ot.
"licked" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "locket" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "licked" and "locket" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary English text, does "licked" or "locket" show up more?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "licked" and "locket" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "licked" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "locket" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #141,332 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "licked" and "locket" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "locket vs lockup". 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 #141,332 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.