Which to use
“squash” is a noun and “squashed” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #12,506
- “squash” frequency rank
- #29,478
- “squashed” frequency rank
- 41984
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | squash | squashed |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A sport played in a walled court with a soft rubber ball and bats like tennis racquets. | squeezed until flattened, or until a pulp |
Letter map: squash vs squashed
Shared letters muted; letters that set squash and squashed apart highlighted. Shared run: 6.
Part-of-speech tell for squash / squashed
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: squash is anoun and squashedanadjective. On the page they differ by 2 extra letter(s) - “squash” sits inside “squashed”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 41984, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
squash is recorded at frequency rank #12,506, classified as anoun, pronounced /skwɒʃ/. squashed is at rank #29,478, 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 41984, this pair ranks #253,343 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of squash vs squashed
Shared letters: ahqsu. Private to "squash": -. Private to "squashed": de.
"squash" · 6 letters · shape CCVVCC · "squashed" · 8 letters · shape CCVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "squash" and "squashed".
- Full dictionary entry for "squash" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "squashed" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #253,343 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "squash" and "squashed" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "squall vs squash". 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 #253,343 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.