Which to use
“payed” and “plated” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #30,911
- “payed” frequency rank
- #16,092
- “plated” frequency rank
- 47003
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | payed | plated |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Obsolete spelling of paid. | simple past and past participle of plate |
Letter map: payed vs plated
Shared letters muted; letters that set payed and plated apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. payed runs 5 letters (CVVVC) against plated's 6 (CCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Pair insight - payed / plated
payed and plated are indexed as a confusable English pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47003, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
payed is recorded at frequency rank #30,911, classified as averb. plated is at rank #16,092, tagged as averb, pronounced /ˈpleɪtɪd/.
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 47003, this pair ranks #206,484 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of payed vs plated
Shared letters: adep. Private to "payed": y. Private to "plated": lt.
"payed" · 5 letters · shape CVVVC · "plated" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "payed" and "plated" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "payed" vs "plated" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "payed" and "plated".
- Full dictionary entry for "payed" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "plated" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #206,484 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "payed" and "plated" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "payed vs plied". 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 #206,484 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.