Which to use
“unlocked” is an adjective and “unpacked” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #10,304
- “unlocked” frequency rank
- #37,267
- “unpacked” frequency rank
- 47571
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | unlocked | unpacked |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Not secured or protected by a lock. | past participle of unpack |
Letter map: unlocked vs unpacked
Shared letters muted; letters that set unlocked and unpacked apart highlighted. Shared run: 6. unlocked and unpacked follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (VCCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Grammar separator: unlocked vs unpacked
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: unlocked is anadjective and unpackedaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47571, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
unlocked is recorded at frequency rank #10,304, classified as anadj, pronounced /ʌnˈlɑkt/. unpacked is at rank #37,267, 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 47571, this pair ranks #201,202 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of unlocked vs unpacked
Shared letters: cdeknu. Private to "unlocked": lo. Private to "unpacked": ap.
"unlocked" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC · "unpacked" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "unlocked" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "unpacked" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #201,202 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "unlocked" and "unpacked" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "unpacked vs unranked". 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 #201,202 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.