Which to use
“appalled” and “applied” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #21,135
- “appalled” frequency rank
- #2,144
- “applied” frequency rank
- 23279
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | appalled | applied |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Shocked, horrified by something unpleasant. | Put into practical use. |
Letter map: appalled vs applied
Shared letters muted; letters that set appalled and applied apart highlighted. Shared run: 6.
Pair insight - appalled / applied
appalled and applied are indexed as a confusable English pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 23279, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
appalled is recorded at frequency rank #21,135, classified as anadj. applied is at rank #2,144, tagged as anadj, pronounced /əˈplaɪd/.
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 23279, this pair ranks #410,487 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of appalled vs applied
Shared letters: adelp. Private to "appalled": -. Private to "applied": i.
"appalled" · 8 letters · shape VCCVCCVC · "applied" · 7 letters · shape VCCCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
You've compared "appalled" and "applied". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "appalled" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "applied" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #410,487 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "appalled" and "applied" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "appalled vs appealed". 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 #410,487 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.