Which to use
“stoned” and “stood” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #15,518
- “stoned” frequency rank
- #2,645
- “stood” frequency rank
- 18163
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | stoned | stood |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | simple past and past participle of stone | simple past and past participle of stand |
Where the eye mixes stoned and stood
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Look-alike desk: stoned vs stood
A purely visual mix-up. stoned (/stəʊnd/) and stood (/stʊd/) 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 18163, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
stoned is recorded at frequency rank #15,518, classified as averb, pronounced /stəʊnd/. stood is at rank #2,645, tagged as averb, pronounced /stʊd/.
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 18163, this pair ranks #446,734 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of stoned vs stood
Shared letters: dost. Private to "stoned": en. Private to "stood": -.
"stoned" · 6 letters · shape CCVCVC · "stood" · 5 letters · shape CCVVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "stoned" and "stood" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "stoned" vs "stood" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "stoned" and "stood" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "stoned" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "stood" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #446,734 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "stoned" and "stood" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "stoned vs stooped". 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 #446,734 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.