Which to use
“performed” is a verb and “perfumed” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,122
- “performed” frequency rank
- #44,996
- “perfumed” frequency rank
- 47118
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | performed | perfumed |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | simple past and past participle of perform | Scented, having been given a pleasant smell. |
Letter map: performed vs perfumed
Shared letters muted; letters that set performed and perfumed apart highlighted. Shared run: 7.
Part-of-speech tell for performed / perfumed
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: performed is averb and perfumedanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47118, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
performed is recorded at frequency rank #2,122, classified as averb, pronounced /pəˈfɔːmd/. perfumed is at rank #44,996, 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 47118, this pair ranks #205,409 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of performed vs perfumed
Shared letters: defmpr. Private to "performed": o. Private to "perfumed": u.
"performed" · 9 letters · shape CVCCVCCVC · "perfumed" · 8 letters · shape CVCCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "performed" and "perfumed" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary English text, does "performed" or "perfumed" show up more?
After this comparison
Pair "performed" vs "perfumed" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "performed" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "perfumed" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #205,409 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "performed" and "perfumed" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "perfume vs perfumed". 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 #205,409 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.