Which to use
“sites” is a noun and “Slates” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #1,878
- “sites” frequency rank
- #46,781
- “Slates” frequency rank
- 48659
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | sites | Slates |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | plural of site | A surname. |
Letter map: sites vs Slates
Shared letters muted; letters that set sites and Slates apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. sites runs 5 letters (CVCVC) against Slates's 6 (CCVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for sites / Slates
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: sites is anoun and Slatesaname. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 48659, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
sites is recorded at frequency rank #1,878, classified as anoun, pronounced /saɪts/. Slates is at rank #46,781, tagged as aname.
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 48659, this pair ranks #190,945 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of sites vs Slates
Shared letters: est. Private to "sites": i. Private to "Slates": al.
"sites" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "Slates" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "sites" and "Slates" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "sites" vs "Slates" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pair "sites" vs "Slates" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "sites" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Slates" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #190,945 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "sites" and "Slates" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sate vs Slates". 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 #190,945 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.