Which to use
“pooped” is an adjective and “poops” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #33,796
- “pooped” frequency rank
- #48,978
- “poops” frequency rank
- 82774
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pooped | poops |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tired; exhausted. | plural of poop |
Where the eye mixes pooped and poops
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. pooped runs 6 letters (CVVCVC) against poops's 5 (CVVCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Look-alike desk: pooped vs poops
These two trip readers on the page rather than in the ear: pooped is /pupt/ while poops is /puːps/. Spoken aloud the problem disappears. In writing it persists, because they differ by 1 letter(s) in length, and the parts of speech differ too (adjective vs noun), which is usually the fastest check. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 82774, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pooped is recorded at frequency rank #33,796, classified as anadj, pronounced /pupt/. poops is at rank #48,978, tagged as anoun, pronounced /puːps/.
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 82774, this pair ranks #15,097 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of pooped vs poops
Shared letters: op. Private to "pooped": de. Private to "poops": s.
"pooped" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC · "poops" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "pooped" and "poops" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "pooped" vs "poops" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "pooped" and "poops" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "pooped" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "poops" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #15,097 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pooped" and "poops" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "poops vs poppa". 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 #15,097 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.