Which to use
“pitted” is an adjective and “Pitts” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #23,631
- “pitted” frequency rank
- #33,365
- “Pitts” frequency rank
- 56996
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pitted | Pitts |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Having a surface marked by pits; pockmarked or alveolate. | A surname. |
Letter map: pitted vs Pitts
Shared letters muted; letters that set pitted and Pitts apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. pitted runs 6 letters (CVCCVC) against Pitts's 5 (CVCCC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for pitted / Pitts
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: pitted is anadjective and Pittsaname. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56996, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pitted is recorded at frequency rank #23,631, classified as anadj. Pitts is at rank #33,365, tagged as aname, pronounced /pɪts/.
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 56996, this pair ranks #122,299 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of pitted vs Pitts
Shared letters: ipt. Private to "pitted": de. Private to "Pitts": s.
"pitted" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "Pitts" · 5 letters · shape CVCCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "pitted" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Pitts" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #122,299 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pitted" and "Pitts" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "piet vs Pitts". 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 #122,299 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.