Which to use
“thanked” and “thawed” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,341
- “thanked” frequency rank
- #41,422
- “thawed” frequency rank
- 53763
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | thanked | thawed |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | simple past and past participle of thank | simple past and past participle of thaw |
Where the eye mixes thanked and thawed
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between thanked and thawed
A purely visual mix-up. thanked (/θæŋkt/) and thawed (/θɔːd/) 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 53763, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
thanked is recorded at frequency rank #12,341, classified as averb, pronounced /θæŋkt/. thawed is at rank #41,422, tagged as averb, pronounced /θɔːd/.
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 53763, this pair ranks #146,404 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of thanked vs thawed
Shared letters: adeht. Private to "thanked": kn. Private to "thawed": w.
"thanked" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC · "thawed" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "thanked" and "thawed" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "thanked" vs "thawed" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "thanked" and "thawed" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "thanked" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "thawed" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #146,404 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "thanked" and "thawed" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "teared vs thawed". 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 #146,404 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.