Which to use
“pooped” is an adjective and “potted” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #33,796
- “pooped” frequency rank
- #31,298
- “potted” frequency rank
- 65094
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pooped | potted |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Tired; exhausted. | simple past and past participle of pot |
Letter map: pooped vs potted
Shared letters muted; letters that set pooped and potted apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. pooped (CVVCVC) and potted (CVCCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Grammar separator: pooped vs potted
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: pooped is anadjective and pottedaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65094, 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/. potted is at rank #31,298, tagged as averb.
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 65094, this pair ranks #74,462 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of pooped vs potted
Shared letters: deop. Private to "pooped": -. Private to "potted": t.
"pooped" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC · "potted" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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What to do next
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- Full dictionary entry for "pooped" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "potted" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #74,462 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pooped" and "potted" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pooped vs pooper". 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 #74,462 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.