Which to use
“skated” is a verb and “Slates” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #37,226
- “skated” frequency rank
- #46,781
- “Slates” frequency rank
- 84007
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | skated | Slates |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | simple past and past participle of skate | A surname. |
Letter map: skated vs Slates
Shared letters muted; letters that set skated and Slates apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.
Part-of-speech tell for skated / Slates
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: skated is averb and Slatesaname. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 84007, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
skated is recorded at frequency rank #37,226, classified as averb, pronounced /ˈskeɪtɪd/. 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 84007, this pair ranks #12,770 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of skated vs Slates
Shared letters: aest. Private to "skated": dk. Private to "Slates": l.
"skated" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC · "Slates" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "skated" 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 #12,770 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "skated" 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 #12,770 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.