Which to use
“tiller” is a noun and “tilted” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #31,004
- “tiller” frequency rank
- #18,974
- “tilted” frequency rank
- 49978
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tiller | tilted |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A person who tills; a farmer. | Of a vehicle, fitted with a tilt (canvas covering). |
Letter map: tiller vs tilted
Shared letters muted; letters that set tiller and tilted apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. tiller and tilted follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Part-of-speech tell for tiller / tilted
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: tiller is anoun and tiltedanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49978, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tiller is recorded at frequency rank #31,004, classified as anoun, pronounced /ˈtɪlə/. 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 49978, this pair ranks #178,472 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of tiller vs tilted
Shared letters: eilt. Private to "tiller": r. Private to "tilted": d.
"tiller" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "tilted" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "tiller" and "tilted" be used interchangeably?
Which is more common, "tiller" or "tilted"?
What to do next
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- Full dictionary entry for "tiller" 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 #178,472 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tiller" and "tilted" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Tigger vs tiller". 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 #178,472 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.