Which to use
“sifted” and “stilted” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #49,049
- “sifted” frequency rank
- #49,652
- “stilted” frequency rank
- 98701
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sifted | stilted |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Having undergone sifting. | Making use of or possessing a stilt or stilts, or things resembling stilts; raised on stilts. |
Letter map: sifted vs stilted
Shared letters muted; letters that set sifted and stilted apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. sifted runs 6 letters (CVCCVC) against stilted's 7 (CCVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Corpus notes: sifted and stilted
sifted and stilted 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 98701, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sifted is recorded at frequency rank #49,049, classified as anadj. stilted is at rank #49,652, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ˈstɪltɪd/.
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 98701, this pair ranks #83 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of sifted vs stilted
Shared letters: deist. Private to "sifted": f. Private to "stilted": l.
"sifted" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "stilted" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "sifted" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "stilted" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #83 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sifted" and "stilted" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "skirted 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 #83 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.