Which to use
“pirated” is an adjective and “ported” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #35,017
- “pirated” frequency rank
- #27,602
- “ported” frequency rank
- 62619
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pirated | ported |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Synonym of pirate. | simple past and past participle of port |
Letter map: pirated vs ported
Shared letters muted; letters that set pirated and ported apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. pirated runs 7 letters (CVCVCVC) against ported's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for pirated / ported
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: pirated is anadjective and portedaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62619, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pirated is recorded at frequency rank #35,017, classified as anadj. ported is at rank #27,602, tagged as averb, pronounced /ˈpoɹ.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 62619, this pair ranks #87,480 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of pirated vs ported
Shared letters: deprt. Private to "pirated": ai. Private to "ported": o.
"pirated" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC · "ported" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "pirated" and "ported" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary English text, does "pirated" or "ported" show up more?
After this comparison
You've compared "pirated" and "ported". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "pirated" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ported" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #87,480 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pirated" and "ported" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pirated vs pleated". 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 #87,480 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.