Which to use
“mowed” is a verb and “Mowers” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #38,509
- “mowed” frequency rank
- #47,210
- “Mowers” frequency rank
- 85719
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | mowed | Mowers |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | simple past and past participle of mow | A surname. |
Letter map: mowed vs Mowers
Shared letters muted; letters that set mowed and Mowers apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. mowed runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against Mowers's 6 (CVCVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for mowed / Mowers
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: mowed is averb and Mowersaname. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 85719, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
mowed is recorded at frequency rank #38,509, classified as averb, pronounced /məʊd/. Mowers is at rank #47,210, 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 85719, this pair ranks #9,954 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of mowed vs Mowers
Shared letters: emow. Private to "mowed": d. Private to "Mowers": rs.
"mowed" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "Mowers" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "mowed" for "Mowers" ever safe?
Frequency check: "mowed" vs "Mowers" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "mowed" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Mowers" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #9,954 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "mowed" and "Mowers" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "MERS vs Mowers". 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 #9,954 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.