Which to use
“wicked” and “winged” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #7,305
- “wicked” frequency rank
- #16,387
- “winged” frequency rank
- 23692
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | wicked | winged |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Evil or mischievous by nature; morally reprehensible. | Having wings. |
Where the eye mixes wicked and winged
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence. wicked and winged follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Look-alike desk: wicked vs winged
A purely visual mix-up. wicked (/ˈwɪkɪd/) and winged (/wɪŋɪd/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23692, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
wicked is recorded at frequency rank #7,305, classified as anadj, pronounced /ˈwɪkɪd/. winged is at rank #16,387, tagged as anadj, pronounced /wɪŋɪd/.
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 23692, this pair ranks #407,465 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of wicked vs winged
Shared letters: deiw. Private to "wicked": ck. Private to "winged": gn.
"wicked" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "winged" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "wicked" and "winged" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "wicked" vs "winged" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "wicked" and "winged" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "wicked" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "winged" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #407,465 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "wicked" and "winged" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "whined vs winged". 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 #407,465 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.