Which to use
“walked” is a verb and “walkie” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,187
- “walked” frequency rank
- #35,154
- “walkie” frequency rank
- 37341
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | walked | walkie |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | simple past and past participle of walk | A walkie-talkie. |
Letter map: walked vs walkie
Shared letters muted; letters that set walked and walkie apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. walked (CVCCVC) and walkie (CVCCVV) run the same length but a different consonant-vowel pattern - the shape difference is usually the fastest tell.
Role in the sentence - walked and walkie
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: walked is averb and walkieanoun. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37341, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
walked is recorded at frequency rank #2,187, classified as averb, pronounced /wɔːkt/. walkie is at rank #35,154, 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 37341, this pair ranks #295,404 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of walked vs walkie
Shared letters: aeklw. Private to "walked": d. Private to "walkie": i.
"walked" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "walkie" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVV
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "walked" and "walkie" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "walked" or "walkie"?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "walked" and "walkie".
- Full dictionary entry for "walked" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "walkie" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #295,404 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "walked" and "walkie" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "wali vs walkie". 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 #295,404 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.