Which to use
“yield” and “yielded” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #5,567
- “yield” frequency rank
- #14,872
- “yielded” frequency rank
- 20439
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | yield | yielded |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | To give as a result or outcome; to produce or render. | simple past and past participle of yield |
Where the eye mixes yield and yielded
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: yield vs yielded
A purely visual mix-up. yield (/jiːld/) and yielded (/ˈjiːldɪd/) 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 2 extra letter(s) - “yield” sits inside “yielded”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 20439, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
yield is recorded at frequency rank #5,567, classified as averb, pronounced /jiːld/. yielded is at rank #14,872, tagged as averb, pronounced /ˈjiːldɪd/.
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 20439, this pair ranks #431,085 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of yield vs yielded
Shared letters: deily. Private to "yield": -. Private to "yielded": -.
"yield" · 5 letters · shape VVVCC · "yielded" · 7 letters · shape VVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "yield" and "yielded" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "yield" vs "yielded" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pronunciation already separates them, if the page still looks alike, the dictionary links below settle it.
- Full dictionary entry for "yield" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "yielded" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #431,085 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "yield" and "yielded" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "yelp vs yield". 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 #431,085 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.