Which to use
“verified” is an adjective and “vilified” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #7,870
- “verified” frequency rank
- #41,946
- “vilified” frequency rank
- 49816
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | verified | vilified |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Subject to positive verification. | simple past and past participle of vilify |
Letter map: verified vs vilified
Shared letters muted; letters that set verified and vilified apart highlighted. Shared run: 6.
Part-of-speech tell for verified / vilified
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: verified is anadjective and vilifiedaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49816, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
verified is recorded at frequency rank #7,870, classified as anadj. vilified is at rank #41,946, 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 49816, this pair ranks #179,990 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of verified vs vilified
Shared letters: defiv. Private to "verified": r. Private to "vilified": l.
"verified" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC · "vilified" · 8 letters · shape CVCVCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "verified" and "vilified" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary English text, does "verified" or "vilified" show up more?
Useful next steps
You've compared "verified" and "vilified". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "verified" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "vilified" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #179,990 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- 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 #179,990 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.