celledvschilledWhat's the difference?

Which to use

“celled” and “chilled” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.

#48,129
“celled” frequency rank
#15,125
“chilled” frequency rank
63254
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature celled chilled
Definition Containing cells; cellular. Cooled.

Letter map: celled vs chilled

Shared letters muted; letters that set celled and chilled apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. celled runs 6 letters (CVCCVC) against chilled's 7 (CCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.

6 ch
celled
7 ch
chilled

Spelling & dictionary notes on celled vs chilled

celled and chilled 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 63254, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

celled is recorded at frequency rank #48,129, classified as anadj. chilled is at rank #15,125, tagged as anadj, pronounced /t͡ʃɪld/.

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 63254, this pair ranks #83,970 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.

Orthographic DNA of celled vs chilled

Shared letters: cdel. Private to "celled": -. Private to "chilled": hi.

"celled" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC  ·  "chilled" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • celled ← ccelled · celed · celeld · cellde · celledd · cleled · eclled
  • chilled ← cchilled · chhilled · chiled · chileld · chillde · chilledd · chliled · cihlled

Frequently Asked Questions

Is swapping "celled" for "chilled" ever safe?
No. They differ by 1 letter(s) in length, but the dictionary glosses above give them different meanings, so swapping one for the other changes what the sentence says.
Frequency check: "celled" vs "chilled" - which ranks higher?
"chilled" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #15,125 in our English list, against #48,129 for "celled". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

After this comparison

You've compared "celled" and "chilled". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "celled" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "chilled" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #83,970 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "celled" and "chilled" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "celled vs culled". 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 #83,970 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list