Which to use
“tilt” and “tink” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #11,988
- “tilt” frequency rank
- #40,928
- “tink” frequency rank
- 52916
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tilt | tink |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | To slope or incline (something); to slant. | To emit a high-pitched sharp or metallic noise. |
Where the eye mixes tilt and tink
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 2 letters in sequence. tilt and tink follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Visual trap between tilt and tink
A purely visual mix-up. tilt (/tɪlt/) and tink (/tɪŋk/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 52916, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
tilt is recorded at frequency rank #11,988, classified as averb, pronounced /tɪlt/. tink is at rank #40,928, tagged as averb, pronounced /tɪŋk/.
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 52916, this pair ranks #153,130 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of tilt vs tink
Shared letters: it. Private to "tilt": l. Private to "tink": kn.
"tilt" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "tink" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "tilt" and "tink" mean the same thing in a sentence?
In ordinary English text, does "tilt" or "tink" show up more?
What to do next
Eye-level mix-up between "tilt" and "tink" is sorted above. Next: full entries or other pairs that share a letter shape.
- Full dictionary entry for "tilt" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tink" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #153,130 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tilt" and "tink" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "tik vs tink". 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 #153,130 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.