Which to use
“warm” and “worn” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,025
- “warm” frequency rank
- #4,644
- “worn” frequency rank
- 6669
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | warm | worn |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Of a somewhat high temperature, often but not always connoting that the high temperature is pleasant rather than uncomfortable. | Damaged and shabby as a result of much use. |
Where the eye mixes warm and worn
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. warm (/wɔːm/) and worn (/wɔːn/) 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 6669, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
warm is recorded at frequency rank #2,025, classified as anadj, pronounced /wɔːm/. worn is at rank #4,644, tagged as anadj, pronounced /wɔːn/.
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 6669, this pair ranks #510,483 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of warm vs worn
Shared letters: rw. Private to "warm": am. Private to "worn": no.
"warm" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "worn" · 4 letters · shape CVCC