Which to use
“tasted” is a verb and “tilted” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #11,306
- “tasted” frequency rank
- #18,974
- “tilted” frequency rank
- 30280
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tasted | tilted |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | simple past and past participle of taste | Of a vehicle, fitted with a tilt (canvas covering). |
Letter map: tasted vs tilted
Shared letters muted; letters that set tasted and tilted apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.
Part-of-speech tell for tasted / tilted
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: tasted is averb and tiltedanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 30280, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tasted is recorded at frequency rank #11,306, classified as averb, pronounced /ˈteɪstɪd/. tilted is at rank #18,974, tagged as anadj.
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 30280, this pair ranks #355,904 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of tasted vs tilted
Shared letters: det. Private to "tasted": as. Private to "tilted": il.
"tasted" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "tilted" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Frequency check: "tasted" vs "tilted" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "tasted" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tilted" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #355,904 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tasted" and "tilted" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tilted vs tinned". 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 #355,904 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.