Which to use
“tilt” is a verb and “tol” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #11,988
- “tilt” frequency rank
- #41,433
- “tol” frequency rank
- 53421
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | tilt | tol |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | To slope or incline (something); to slant. | Tall. |
Letter map: tilt vs tol
Shared letters muted; letters that set tilt and tol apart highlighted. Shared run: 2. tilt runs 4 letters (CVCC) against tol's 3 (CVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for tilt / tol
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: tilt is averb and tolanadjective. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 53421, 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/. tol is at rank #41,433, 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 53421, this pair ranks #149,140 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of tilt vs tol
Shared letters: lt. Private to "tilt": i. Private to "tol": o.
"tilt" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "tol" · 3 letters · shape CVC
Known mistypes of this pair
- tilt ← itlt · tillt · tiltt · titl · tlit · ttilt
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "tilt" for "tol" ever safe?
Frequency check: "tilt" vs "tol" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
You've compared "tilt" and "tol". Here's where to go from here.
- Full dictionary entry for "tilt" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "tol" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #149,140 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "tilt" and "tol" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Taf vs tol". 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 #149,140 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.