weddedvswedgedWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“wedded” and “wedged” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#31,828
“wedded” frequency rank
#33,080
“wedged” frequency rank
64908
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature wedded wedged
Definition Joined in marriage. cuneiform or wedge-shaped

Letter map: wedded vs wedged

Shared letters muted; letters that set wedded and wedged apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. wedded and wedged follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.

6 ch
wedded
6 ch
wedged

Pair insight - wedded / wedged

wedded and wedged are indexed as a confusable English pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by a single letter - d in “wedded” becomes g in “wedged”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 64908, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

wedded is recorded at frequency rank #31,828, classified as anadj, pronounced /ˈwɛdəd/. wedged is at rank #33,080, tagged as anadj.

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 64908, this pair ranks #75,355 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of wedded vs wedged

Shared letters: dew. Private to "wedded": -. Private to "wedged": g.

"wedded" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "wedged" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • wedded ← ewdded · wdeded · weddde · weddedd · weded · wededd · wwedded
  • wedged ← ewdged · wdeged · weddged · wedegd · wedgde · wedgedd · wedgged · wegded

Frequently Asked Questions

Do "wedded" and "wedged" mean the same thing in a sentence?
No. They differ by a single letter - d in “wedded” becomes g in “wedged”, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Which is more common, "wedded" or "wedged"?
"wedded" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #31,828 in our English list, against #33,080 for "wedged". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

Pair "wedded" vs "wedged" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.

  • Full dictionary entry for "wedded" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "wedged" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #75,355 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "wedded" and "wedged" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "wedded vs winded". 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 #75,355 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list