Which to use
“sawed” and “showed” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #37,213
- “sawed” frequency rank
- #1,468
- “showed” frequency rank
- 38681
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sawed | showed |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | simple past and past participle of saw | simple past of show |
Letter map: sawed vs showed
Shared letters muted; letters that set sawed and showed apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
sawed and showed 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 differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 38681, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sawed is recorded at frequency rank #37,213, classified as averb. showed is at rank #1,468, tagged as averb, pronounced /ˈʃəʊd/.
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 38681, this pair ranks #283,779 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of sawed vs showed
Shared letters: desw. Private to "sawed": a. Private to "showed": ho.
"sawed" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "showed" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC