Which to use
“Warne” is a name and “warned” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #38,237
- “Warne” frequency rank
- #5,380
- “warned” frequency rank
- 43617
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Warne | warned |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A surname from Old English. | simple past and past participle of warn |
Letter map: Warne vs warned
Shared letters muted; letters that set Warne and warned apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.
Role in the sentence - Warne and warned
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Warne is aname and warnedaverb. On the page they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “Warne” sits inside “warned”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43617, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Warne is recorded at frequency rank #38,237, classified as aname. 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 43617, this pair ranks #238,274 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of Warne vs warned
Shared letters: aenrw. Private to "Warne": -. Private to "warned": d.
"Warne" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "warned" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Warne" for "warned" ever safe?
In ordinary English text, does "Warne" or "warned" show up more?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "Warne" and "warned".
- Full dictionary entry for "Warne" 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 #238,274 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Warne" and "warned" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "wale vs Warne". 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 #238,274 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.