Which to use
“visit” and “visited” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #980
- “visit” frequency rank
- #3,033
- “visited” frequency rank
- 4013
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | visit | visited |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | To habitually go to (someone in distress, sickness etc.) to comfort them. (Now generally merged into later senses, below.) | past participle of visit |
Where the eye mixes visit and visited
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. visit runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against visited's 7 (CVCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between visit and visited
A purely visual mix-up. visit (/ˈvɪzɪt/) and visited (/ˈvɪzɪtɪd/) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “visit” sits inside “visited”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 4013, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
visit is recorded at frequency rank #980, classified as averb, pronounced /ˈvɪzɪt/. visited is at rank #3,033, tagged as averb, pronounced /ˈvɪzɪtɪd/.
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 4013, this pair ranks #520,282 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of visit vs visited
Shared letters: istv. Private to "visit": -. Private to "visited": de.
"visit" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "visited" · 7 letters · shape CVCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "visit" and "visited" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary English text, does "visit" or "visited" show up more?
What to do next
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "visit" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "visited" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #520,282 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "visit" and "visited" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "visit vs Vit". 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 #520,282 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.