Which to use
“screen” is a noun and “screened” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,501
- “screen” frequency rank
- #11,962
- “screened” frequency rank
- 13463
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | screen | screened |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A physical divider intended to block an area from view, or provide shelter from something dangerous. | simple past and past participle of screen |
Letter map: screen vs screened
Shared letters muted; letters that set screen and screened apart highlighted. Shared run: 6.
Grammar separator: screen vs screened
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: screen is anoun and screenedaverb. On the page they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “screen” sits inside “screened”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 13463, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
screen is recorded at frequency rank #1,501, classified as anoun, pronounced /skɹiːn/. screened is at rank #11,962, tagged as averb.
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 13463, this pair ranks #475,646 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of screen vs screened
Shared letters: cenrs. Private to "screen": -. Private to "screened": d.
"screen" · 6 letters · shape CCCVVC · "screened" · 8 letters · shape CCCVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "screen" and "screened" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary English text, does "screen" or "screened" show up more?
Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "screen" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "screened" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #475,646 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "screen" and "screened" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Scheer vs screen". 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 #475,646 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.