Which to use
“welcome” and “welcomed” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #1,113
- “welcome” frequency rank
- #7,636
- “welcomed” frequency rank
- 8749
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | welcome | welcomed |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Whose arrival is a cause of joy; received with gladness; admitted willingly to the house, entertainment, or company. | Having received a warm welcome. |
Where the spellings diverge
Shared letters are muted; the letters that actually set welcome and welcomed apart are highlighted. They share 7 letters in sequence, which is exactly why the eye skips the difference.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
welcome and welcomed form a confusable pair in the English index, two distinct headwords that are easily confused because they look alike, sound alike, or both. They differ by 1 extra letter(s) - “welcome” sits inside “welcomed” - close enough that the eye skips over the difference, far enough that meaning fully diverges. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 8749, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
welcome is recorded at frequency rank #1,113, classified as anadj, pronounced /ˈwɛl.kəm/. welcomed is at rank #7,636, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ˈwɛlkəmd/.
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 8749, this pair ranks #500,916 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Frequency comparison
Frequently Asked Questions
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Remembering welcome vs welcomed
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- Read both glosses above and match the meaning you intend, only context separates this pair.
- See each word in full, definition, IPA, etymology and its other confusables. Full “welcome” entry
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