resortedvsrevertedWhich spelling fits?

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

#21,638
“resorted” frequency rank
#24,297
“reverted” frequency rank
45935
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature resorted reverted
Definition simple past and past participle of resort simple past and past participle of revert

Letter map: resorted vs reverted

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

8 ch
resorted
8 ch
reverted

Corpus notes: resorted and reverted

resorted and reverted 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 45935, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

resorted is recorded at frequency rank #21,638, classified as averb. reverted is at rank #24,297, tagged as averb, pronounced /ɹɪˈvɜː(ɹ)tɪd/.

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 45935, this pair ranks #216,532 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of resorted vs reverted

Shared letters: dert. Private to "resorted": os. Private to "reverted": v.

"resorted" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC  ·  "reverted" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • resortedersorted · reosrted · resoretd · resorrted · resortde · resortedd · resortted · resroted
  • revertederverted · reevrted · reveretd · reverrted · revertde · revertedd · revertted · revetred

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "resorted" for "reverted" ever safe?
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.
In ordinary English text, does "resorted" or "reverted" show up more?
"resorted" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #21,638 in our English list, against #24,297 for "reverted". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

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

  • Full dictionary entry for "resorted" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "reverted" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #216,532 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "resorted" and "reverted" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "reverted vs riverbed". 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 #216,532 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