Which to use
“tested” is a verb and “tilted” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #3,144
- “tested” frequency rank
- #18,974
- “tilted” frequency rank
- 22118
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tested | tilted |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | simple past and past participle of test | Of a vehicle, fitted with a tilt (canvas covering). |
Letter map: tested vs tilted
Shared letters muted; letters that set tested and tilted apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.
Part-of-speech tell for tested / tilted
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: tested 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 22118, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tested is recorded at frequency rank #3,144, classified as averb, pronounced /ˈtɛstɪd/. 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 22118, this pair ranks #418,947 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of tested vs tilted
Shared letters: det. Private to "tested": s. Private to "tilted": il.
"tested" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "tilted" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "tested" and "tilted" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary English text, does "tested" or "tilted" show up more?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "tested" and "tilted".
- Full dictionary entry for "tested" 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 #418,947 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tested" 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 #418,947 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.