Which to use
“nominate” is a verb and “nominated” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #13,569
- “nominate” frequency rank
- #5,342
- “nominated” frequency rank
- 18911
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | nominate | nominated |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | To name someone as a candidate for a particular role or position, including that of an office. | Having received a nomination. |
Letter map: nominate vs nominated
Shared letters muted; letters that set nominate and nominated apart highlighted. Shared run: 8.
Role in the sentence - nominate and nominated
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: nominate is averb and nominatedanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “nominate” sits inside “nominated”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 18911, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
nominate is recorded at frequency rank #13,569, classified as averb, pronounced /ˈnɒm.ɪ.neɪt/. nominated is at rank #5,342, tagged as anadj.
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 18911, this pair ranks #441,765 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of nominate vs nominated
Shared letters: aeimnot. Private to "nominate": -. Private to "nominated": d.
"nominate" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVCV · "nominated" · 9 letters · shape CVCVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "nominate" and "nominated" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary English text, does "nominate" or "nominated" show up more?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "nominate" and "nominated".
- Full dictionary entry for "nominate" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "nominated" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #441,765 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "nominate" and "nominated" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "nominate vs nominative". 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 #441,765 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.