Which to use
“roofed” is an adjective and “rowed” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #38,600
- “roofed” frequency rank
- #38,141
- “rowed” frequency rank
- 76741
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | roofed | rowed |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Having a roof, or a particular kind of roof. | simple past and past participle of row |
Letter map: roofed vs rowed
Shared letters muted; letters that set roofed and rowed apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.
Role in the sentence - roofed and rowed
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: roofed is anadjective and rowedaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 76741, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
roofed is recorded at frequency rank #38,600, classified as anadj. rowed is at rank #38,141, tagged as averb, pronounced /ɹəʊd/.
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 76741, this pair ranks #29,259 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of roofed vs rowed
Shared letters: deor. Private to "roofed": f. Private to "rowed": w.
"roofed" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC · "rowed" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "roofed" for "rowed" ever safe?
Which is more common, "roofed" or "rowed"?
What to do next
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- Full dictionary entry for "roofed" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "rowed" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #29,259 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "roofed" and "rowed" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "rood vs roofed". 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 #29,259 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.