Which to use
“remarked” and “rewarded” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #13,227
- “remarked” frequency rank
- #9,526
- “rewarded” frequency rank
- 22753
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | remarked | rewarded |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | simple past and past participle of remark | simple past and past participle of reward |
Where the eye mixes remarked and rewarded
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 6 letters in sequence. remarked and rewarded follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between remarked and rewarded
A purely visual mix-up. remarked (/ɹɪˈmɑɹkt/) and rewarded (/ɹɪˈwɔɹdɪd/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22753, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
remarked is recorded at frequency rank #13,227, classified as averb, pronounced /ɹɪˈmɑɹkt/. rewarded is at rank #9,526, tagged as averb, pronounced /ɹɪˈwɔɹdɪd/.
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 22753, this pair ranks #414,272 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of remarked vs rewarded
Shared letters: ader. Private to "remarked": km. Private to "rewarded": w.
"remarked" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC · "rewarded" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "remarked" for "rewarded" ever safe?
Which is more common, "remarked" or "rewarded"?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "remarked" and "rewarded" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "remarked" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "rewarded" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #414,272 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "remarked" and "rewarded" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "reared vs remarked". 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 #414,272 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.