Which to use
“ruffle” is a noun and “ruffled” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #37,663
- “ruffle” frequency rank
- #32,573
- “ruffled” frequency rank
- 70236
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | ruffle | ruffled |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Any gathered or curled strip of fabric added as trim or decoration. | Having ruffles. |
Letter map: ruffle vs ruffled
Shared letters muted; letters that set ruffle and ruffled apart highlighted. Shared run: 6.
Part-of-speech tell for ruffle / ruffled
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: ruffle is anoun and ruffledanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “ruffle” sits inside “ruffled”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 70236, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
ruffle is recorded at frequency rank #37,663, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈɹʌfəl/. ruffled is at rank #32,573, tagged as anadj.
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 70236, this pair ranks #51,336 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of ruffle vs ruffled
Shared letters: eflru. Private to "ruffle": -. Private to "ruffled": d.
"ruffle" · 6 letters · shape CVCCCV · "ruffled" · 7 letters · shape CVCCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "ruffle" and "ruffled" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "ruffle" or "ruffled"?
After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "ruffle" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "ruffled" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #51,336 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "ruffle" and "ruffled" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "ruble vs ruffle". 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 #51,336 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.