Which to use
“walked” and “warned” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,187
- “walked” frequency rank
- #5,380
- “warned” frequency rank
- 7567
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | walked | warned |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | simple past and past participle of walk | simple past and past participle of warn |
Where the eye mixes walked and warned
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Visual trap between walked and warned
A purely visual mix-up. walked (/wɔːkt/) and warned (/wɔɹnd/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 7567, 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/. warned is at rank #5,380, tagged as averb, pronounced /wɔɹnd/.
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 7567, this pair ranks #506,555 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of walked vs warned
Shared letters: adew. Private to "walked": kl. Private to "warned": nr.
"walked" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "warned" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "walked" and "warned" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "walked" vs "warned" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Eye-level mix-up between "walked" and "warned" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "walked" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "warned" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #506,555 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "walked" and "warned" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "warned vs whined". 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 #506,555 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.