Which to use
“reached” is a verb and “redacted” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,495
- “reached” frequency rank
- #27,264
- “redacted” frequency rank
- 28759
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | reached | redacted |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | simple past and past participle of reach | Edited or censored. |
Letter map: reached vs redacted
Shared letters muted; letters that set reached and redacted apart highlighted. Shared run: 6.
Part-of-speech tell for reached / redacted
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: reached is averb and redactedanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 28759, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
reached is recorded at frequency rank #1,495, classified as averb, pronounced /ɹiːt͡ʃt/. redacted is at rank #27,264, 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 28759, this pair ranks #368,545 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of reached vs redacted
Shared letters: acder. Private to "reached": h. Private to "redacted": t.
"reached" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC · "redacted" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "reached" and "redacted" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "reached" vs "redacted" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "reached" and "redacted".
- Full dictionary entry for "reached" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "redacted" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #368,545 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "reached" and "redacted" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "redacted vs retracted". 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 #368,545 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.