Which to use
“salted” is an adjective and “stated” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #20,217
- “salted” frequency rank
- #1,880
- “stated” frequency rank
- 22097
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | salted | stated |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | To which salt has been added. | simple past and past participle of state |
Letter map: salted vs stated
Shared letters muted; letters that set salted and stated apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.
Part-of-speech tell for salted / stated
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: salted is anadjective and statedaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 22097, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
salted is recorded at frequency rank #20,217, classified as anadj. stated is at rank #1,880, tagged as averb, pronounced /ˈsteɪtɪd/.
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 22097, this pair ranks #419,118 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of salted vs stated
Shared letters: adest. Private to "salted": l. Private to "stated": -.
"salted" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "stated" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
Pair "salted" vs "stated" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "salted" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "stated" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #419,118 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "salted" and "stated" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "salted vs stilted". 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 #419,118 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.