Which to use
“wedge” and “wedges” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #12,715
- “wedge” frequency rank
- #24,953
- “wedges” frequency rank
- 37668
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | wedge | wedges |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | One of the simple machines; a piece of material, such as metal or wood, thick at one edge and tapered to a thin edge at the other for insertion in a narrow crevice, used for splitting, tightening, securing, or levering. | plural of wedge |
Where the eye mixes wedge and wedges
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. wedge runs 5 letters (CVCCV) against wedges's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Visual trap between wedge and wedges
A purely visual mix-up. wedge (/wɛd͡ʒ/) and wedges (/ˈwɛd͡ʒɪz/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “wedge” sits inside “wedges”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 37668, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
wedge is recorded at frequency rank #12,715, classified as anoun, pronounced /wɛd͡ʒ/. wedges is at rank #24,953, tagged as anoun, pronounced /ˈwɛd͡ʒɪz/.
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 37668, this pair ranks #292,593 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of wedge vs wedges
Shared letters: degw. Private to "wedge": -. Private to "wedges": s.
"wedge" · 5 letters · shape CVCCV · "wedges" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "wedge" and "wedges" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "wedge" or "wedges"?
After this comparison
Visual near-miss handled. Browse the word pages or a neighbour when the next look-alike shows up.
- Full dictionary entry for "wedge" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "wedges" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #292,593 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "wedge" and "wedges" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "wedged vs wedges". 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 #292,593 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.