Which to use
“roused” and “routed” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #46,154
- “roused” frequency rank
- #19,442
- “routed” frequency rank
- 65596
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | roused | routed |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | simple past and past participle of rouse | simple past and past participle of route |
Where the eye mixes roused and routed
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. roused and routed follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Why the eye confuses roused with routed
A purely visual mix-up. roused (/ˈɹaʊzd/) and routed (/ˈɹuː.tɪd/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by a single letter - s in “roused” becomes t in “routed”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 65596, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
roused is recorded at frequency rank #46,154, classified as averb, pronounced /ˈɹaʊzd/. routed is at rank #19,442, tagged as averb, pronounced /ˈɹuː.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 65596, this pair ranks #71,987 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of roused vs routed
Shared letters: deoru. Private to "roused": s. Private to "routed": t.
"roused" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC · "routed" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "roused" and "routed" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary English text, does "roused" or "routed" show up more?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "roused" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "routed" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #71,987 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "roused" and "routed" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Rouen vs roused". 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 #71,987 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.