Which to use
“tastes” is a noun and “toasted” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #6,302
- “tastes” frequency rank
- #20,797
- “toasted” frequency rank
- 27099
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tastes | toasted |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | plural of taste | Cooked by toasting. |
Letter map: tastes vs toasted
Shared letters muted; letters that set tastes and toasted apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.
Part-of-speech tell for tastes / toasted
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: tastes is anoun and toastedanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 27099, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tastes is recorded at frequency rank #6,302, classified as anoun, pronounced /teɪsts/. toasted is at rank #20,797, 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 27099, this pair ranks #381,611 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of tastes vs toasted
Shared letters: aest. Private to "tastes": -. Private to "toasted": do.
"tastes" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "toasted" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "tastes" and "toasted" be used interchangeably?
In ordinary English text, does "tastes" or "toasted" show up more?
What to do next
Pair "tastes" vs "toasted" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "tastes" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "toasted" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #381,611 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tastes" and "toasted" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "taster vs toasted". 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 #381,611 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.