Which to use
“picked” is a verb and “pitted” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,956
- “picked” frequency rank
- #23,631
- “pitted” frequency rank
- 25587
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | picked | pitted |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | simple past and past participle of pick | Having a surface marked by pits; pockmarked or alveolate. |
Letter map: picked vs pitted
Shared letters muted; letters that set picked and pitted apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.
Role in the sentence - picked and pitted
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: picked is averb and pittedanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25587, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
picked is recorded at frequency rank #1,956, classified as averb, pronounced /pɪkt/. pitted is at rank #23,631, 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 25587, this pair ranks #393,153 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of picked vs pitted
Shared letters: deip. Private to "picked": ck. Private to "pitted": t.
"picked" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "pitted" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "picked" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pitted" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #393,153 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "picked" and "pitted" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pinter vs pitted". 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 #393,153 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.