Which to use
“faulted” is a verb and “fluted” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #40,692
- “faulted” frequency rank
- #46,466
- “fluted” frequency rank
- 87158
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | faulted | fluted |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | simple past and past participle of fault | Having flutes or grooves, either for decoration or to trim weight. |
Letter map: faulted vs fluted
Shared letters muted; letters that set faulted and fluted apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.
Role in the sentence - faulted and fluted
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: faulted is averb and flutedanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 87158, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
faulted is recorded at frequency rank #40,692, classified as averb. fluted is at rank #46,466, tagged as anadj.
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 87158, this pair ranks #7,975 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of faulted vs fluted
Shared letters: defltu. Private to "faulted": a. Private to "fluted": -.
"faulted" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC · "fluted" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "faulted" and "fluted" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "faulted" or "fluted"?
After this comparison
You've compared "faulted" and "fluted". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "faulted" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "fluted" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #7,975 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "faulted" and "fluted" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "flaked vs fluted". 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 #7,975 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.