Which to use
“paine” is a noun and “painted” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #23,349
- “paine” frequency rank
- #3,968
- “painted” frequency rank
- 27317
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | paine | painted |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Obsolete spelling of pain. | simple past and past participle of paint |
Letter map: paine vs painted
Shared letters muted; letters that set paine and painted apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. paine runs 5 letters (CVVCV) against painted's 7 (CVVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for paine / painted
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: paine is anoun and paintedaverb. On the page they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27317, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
paine is recorded at frequency rank #23,349, classified as anoun. painted is at rank #3,968, tagged as averb, pronounced /ˈpeɪn.tɪd/.
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 27317, this pair ranks #379,903 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of paine vs painted
Shared letters: aeinp. Private to "paine": -. Private to "painted": dt.
"paine" · 5 letters · shape CVVCV · "painted" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "paine" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "painted" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #379,903 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "paine" and "painted" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "paine vs Palme". 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 #379,903 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.