recordedvsresortedTell them apart

Which to use

“recorded” and “resorted” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#2,227
“recorded” frequency rank
#21,638
“resorted” frequency rank
23865
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature recorded resorted
Definition simple past and past participle of record simple past and past participle of resort

Letter map: recorded vs resorted

Shared letters muted; letters that set recorded and resorted apart highlighted. Shared run: 6.

8 ch
recorded
8 ch
resorted

Corpus notes: recorded and resorted

recorded and resorted are indexed as a confusable English pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23865, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

recorded is recorded at frequency rank #2,227, classified as averb, pronounced /ɹɪˈkɔːdɪd/. resorted is at rank #21,638, 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 23865, this pair ranks #406,167 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.

Orthographic DNA of recorded vs resorted

Shared letters: deor. Private to "recorded": c. Private to "resorted": st.

"recorded" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC  ·  "resorted" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • recordedercorded · rceorded · reccorded · recodred · recordde · recordded · recordedd · recoredd
  • resortedersorted · reosrted · resoretd · resorrted · resortde · resortedd · resortted · resroted

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "recorded" and "resorted" be used interchangeably?
No. They share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Which is more common, "recorded" or "resorted"?
"recorded" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #2,227 in our English list, against #21,638 for "resorted". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "recorded" and "resorted".

  • Full dictionary entry for "recorded" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "resorted" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #406,167 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "recorded" and "resorted" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "resorted vs retorted". 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 #406,167 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list