Which to use
“shamed” is a verb and “Soames” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #22,215
- “shamed” frequency rank
- #43,927
- “Soames” frequency rank
- 66142
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | shamed | Soames |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | simple past and past participle of shame | A surname. |
Letter map: shamed vs Soames
Shared letters muted; letters that set shamed and Soames apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. shamed (CCVCVC) and Soames (CVVCVC) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Part-of-speech tell for shamed / Soames
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: shamed is averb and Soamesaname. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 66142, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
shamed is recorded at frequency rank #22,215, classified as averb, pronounced /ʃeɪmd/. Soames is at rank #43,927, tagged as aname.
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 66142, this pair ranks #69,412 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of shamed vs Soames
Shared letters: aems. Private to "shamed": dh. Private to "Soames": o.
"shamed" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC · "Soames" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "shamed" and "Soames" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "shamed" vs "Soames" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pair "shamed" vs "Soames" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "shamed" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Soames" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #69,412 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "shamed" and "Soames" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Soames vs staves". 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 #69,412 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.