Which to use
“sent” and “sez” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #722
- “sent” frequency rank
- #49,041
- “sez” frequency rank
- 49763
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sent | sez |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | simple past and past participle of send | Eye dialect spelling of says. |
Where the eye mixes sent and sez
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. sent (/sɛnt/) and sez (/sɛz/) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49763, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sent is recorded at frequency rank #722, classified as averb, pronounced /sɛnt/. sez is at rank #49,041, tagged as averb, pronounced /sɛz/.
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 49763, this pair ranks #180,537 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of sent vs sez
Shared letters: es. Private to "sent": nt. Private to "sez": z.
"sent" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "sez" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- sent ← esnt · sennt · sentt · setn · snet · ssent