Which to use
“pinned” is a verb and “pitted” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #11,937
- “pinned” frequency rank
- #23,631
- “pitted” frequency rank
- 35568
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pinned | pitted |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | simple past and past participle of pin | Having a surface marked by pits; pockmarked or alveolate. |
Letter map: pinned vs pitted
Shared letters muted; letters that set pinned and pitted apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. pinned and pitted follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Grammar separator: pinned vs pitted
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: pinned is averb and pittedanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 35568, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pinned is recorded at frequency rank #11,937, classified as averb, pronounced /pɪnd/. pitted is at rank #23,631, 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 35568, this pair ranks #310,842 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of pinned vs pitted
Shared letters: deip. Private to "pinned": n. Private to "pitted": t.
"pinned" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "pitted" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "pinned" and "pitted" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "pinned" vs "pitted" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Pair "pinned" vs "pitted" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "pinned" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "pitted" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #310,842 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pinned" and "pitted" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "pinter vs pitted". 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 #310,842 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.