Which to use
“reformed” is an adjective and “reforms” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #12,842
- “reformed” frequency rank
- #6,513
- “reforms” frequency rank
- 19355
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | reformed | reforms |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Corrected; amended; restored to purity or excellence; said, specifically, of the whole body of Protestant churches originating in the Reformation, or, in a more restricted sense, of those who separated from Martin Luther on the doctrine of consubstantiation, etc., and carried the Reformation, as they claimed, to a higher point. | plural of reform |
Letter map: reformed vs reforms
Shared letters muted; letters that set reformed and reforms apart highlighted. Shared run: 6.
Role in the sentence - reformed and reforms
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: reformed is anadjective and reformsanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 19355, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
reformed is recorded at frequency rank #12,842, classified as anadj. reforms is at rank #6,513, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ɹɪˈfɔɹmz/.
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 19355, this pair ranks #438,743 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of reformed vs reforms
Shared letters: efmor. Private to "reformed": d. Private to "reforms": s.
"reformed" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC · "reforms" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "reformed" and "reforms" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "reformed" or "reforms"?
What to do next
Pair "reformed" vs "reforms" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "reformed" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "reforms" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #438,743 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "reformed" and "reforms" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "reformed 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 #438,743 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.