Which to use
“waged” is an adjective and “wagers” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #22,546
- “waged” frequency rank
- #40,963
- “wagers” frequency rank
- 63509
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | waged | wagers |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Receiving a wage. | plural of wager |
Letter map: waged vs wagers
Shared letters muted; letters that set waged and wagers apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.
Part-of-speech tell for waged / wagers
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: waged is anadjective and wagersanoun. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63509, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
waged is recorded at frequency rank #22,546, classified as anadj, pronounced /weɪd͡ʒd/. wagers is at rank #40,963, tagged as anoun.
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 63509, this pair ranks #82,590 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of waged vs wagers
Shared letters: aegw. Private to "waged": d. Private to "wagers": rs.
"waged" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "wagers" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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What to do next
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- Full dictionary entry for "waged" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "wagers" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #82,590 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "waged" and "wagers" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "wagers vs Watters". 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 #82,590 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.