Which to use
“power” is a noun and “powered” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #280
- “power” frequency rank
- #4,700
- “powered” frequency rank
- 4980
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | power | powered |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | The ability to do or undergo something. | Having its own source of power, or a named source. |
Letter map: power vs powered
Shared letters muted; letters that set power and powered apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.
Role in the sentence - power and powered
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: power is anoun and poweredanadjective. On the page they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “power” sits inside “powered”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 4980, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
power is recorded at frequency rank #280, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈpaʊ̯ə̯/. powered is at rank #4,700, 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 4980, this pair ranks #517,011 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of power vs powered
Shared letters: eoprw. Private to "power": -. Private to "powered": d.
"power" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "powered" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "power" and "powered".
- Full dictionary entry for "power" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "powered" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #517,011 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "power" and "powered" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pooper vs power". 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 #517,011 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.