Which to use
“pitted” and “printed” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #23,631
- “pitted” frequency rank
- #3,649
- “printed” frequency rank
- 27280
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | pitted | printed |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Having a surface marked by pits; pockmarked or alveolate. | Put down on paper by a printing press or a computer printer. |
Letter map: pitted vs printed
Shared letters muted; letters that set pitted and printed apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.
Corpus notes: pitted and printed
pitted and printed 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 27280, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
pitted is recorded at frequency rank #23,631, classified as anadj. printed is at rank #3,649, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ˈpɹɪn.tɪd/.
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 27280, this pair ranks #380,185 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of pitted vs printed
Shared letters: deipt. Private to "pitted": -. Private to "printed": nr.
"pitted" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "printed" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "pitted" for "printed" ever safe?
Frequency check: "pitted" vs "printed" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "pitted" and "printed".
- Full dictionary entry for "pitted" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "printed" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #380,185 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "pitted" and "printed" 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 #380,185 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.