Which to use
“skirted” and “stilted” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #49,637
- “skirted” frequency rank
- #49,652
- “stilted” frequency rank
- 99289
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | skirted | stilted |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Wearing a skirt. | Making use of or possessing a stilt or stilts, or things resembling stilts; raised on stilts. |
Letter map: skirted vs stilted
Shared letters muted; letters that set skirted and stilted apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. skirted and stilted follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Spelling & dictionary notes on skirted vs stilted
skirted 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 share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 99289, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
skirted is recorded at frequency rank #49,637, 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 99289, this pair ranks #32 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of skirted vs stilted
Shared letters: deist. Private to "skirted": kr. Private to "stilted": l.
"skirted" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC · "stilted" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "skirted" and "stilted" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "skirted" or "stilted"?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "skirted" and "stilted".
- Full dictionary entry for "skirted" 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 #32 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "skirted" and "stilted" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "sifted 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 #32 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.