Which to use
“lowered” is a verb and “Lowers” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #8,817
- “lowered” frequency rank
- #18,125
- “Lowers” frequency rank
- 26942
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | lowered | Lowers |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | simple past and past participle of lower | A surname. |
Letter map: lowered vs Lowers
Shared letters muted; letters that set lowered and Lowers apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. lowered runs 7 letters (CVCVCVC) against Lowers's 6 (CVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for lowered / Lowers
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: lowered is averb and Lowersaname. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 26942, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
lowered is recorded at frequency rank #8,817, classified as averb, pronounced /ˈloʊɚd/. Lowers is at rank #18,125, 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 26942, this pair ranks #382,865 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of lowered vs Lowers
Shared letters: elorw. Private to "lowered": d. Private to "Lowers": s.
"lowered" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "Lowers" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "lowered" and "Lowers" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "lowered" or "Lowers"?
Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "lowered" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Lowers" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #382,865 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "lowered" and "Lowers" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "lepers vs Lowers". 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 #382,865 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.