Which to use
“slated” is an adjective and “Slates” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #16,587
- “slated” frequency rank
- #46,781
- “Slates” frequency rank
- 63368
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | slated | Slates |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | scheduled | A surname. |
Letter map: slated vs Slates
Shared letters muted; letters that set slated and Slates apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. slated and Slates follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CCVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Part-of-speech tell for slated / Slates
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: slated is anadjective and Slatesaname. On the page they differ by a single letter - d in “slated” becomes s in “Slates”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63368, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
slated is recorded at frequency rank #16,587, classified as anadj, pronounced /ˈsleɪ.tɪd/. 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 63368, this pair ranks #83,380 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of slated vs Slates
Shared letters: aelst. Private to "slated": d. Private to "Slates": -.
"slated" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC · "Slates" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "slated" and "Slates" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "slated" or "Slates"?
Useful next steps
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- Full dictionary entry for "slated" 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 #83,380 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "slated" 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 #83,380 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.