Which to use
“stilted” and “suited” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #49,652
- “stilted” frequency rank
- #6,841
- “suited” frequency rank
- 56493
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | stilted | suited |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Making use of or possessing a stilt or stilts, or things resembling stilts; raised on stilts. | Suitable. |
Where the eye mixes stilted and suited
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 5 letters in sequence. stilted runs 7 letters (CCVCCVC) against suited's 6 (CVVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Why the eye confuses stilted with suited
A purely visual mix-up. stilted (/ˈstɪltɪd/) and suited (/ˈsuːtɪd/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56493, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
stilted is recorded at frequency rank #49,652, classified as anadj, pronounced /ˈstɪltɪd/. suited is at rank #6,841, tagged as anadj, pronounced /ˈsuːtɪd/.
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 56493, this pair ranks #125,903 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of stilted vs suited
Shared letters: deist. Private to "stilted": l. Private to "suited": u.
"stilted" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC · "suited" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "stilted" for "suited" ever safe?
Frequency check: "stilted" vs "suited" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
Eye-level mix-up between "stilted" and "suited" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "stilted" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "suited" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #125,903 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "stilted" and "suited" 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 #125,903 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.