Which to use
“wedged” is an adjective and “wedges” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #33,080
- “wedged” frequency rank
- #24,953
- “wedges” frequency rank
- 58033
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | wedged | wedges |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | cuneiform or wedge-shaped | plural of wedge |
Letter map: wedged vs wedges
Shared letters muted; letters that set wedged and wedges apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. wedged and wedges follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Part-of-speech tell for wedged / wedges
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: wedged is anadjective and wedgesanoun. On the page they differ by a single letter - d in “wedged” becomes s in “wedges”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 58033, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
wedged is recorded at frequency rank #33,080, classified as anadj. 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 58033, this pair ranks #115,278 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of wedged vs wedges
Shared letters: degw. Private to "wedged": -. Private to "wedges": s.
"wedged" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "wedges" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "wedged" and "wedges" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "wedged" vs "wedges" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
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- Full dictionary entry for "wedged" 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 #115,278 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "wedged" and "wedges" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "wedded vs wedged". 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 #115,278 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.