toastedvstrustedTell them apart

Quick tell: toasted is a adjective, trusted is a verb, so they fill different roles in a sentence.

Which to use

“toasted” is an adjective and “trusted” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.

#20,797
“toasted” frequency rank
#5,172
“trusted” frequency rank
25969
confusion score

Side-by-Side Comparison

Feature toasted trusted
Definition Cooked by toasting. simple past and past participle of trust

Letter map: toasted vs trusted

Shared letters muted; letters that set toasted and trusted apart highlighted. Shared run: 5.

7 ch
toasted
7 ch
trusted

Grammar separator: toasted vs trusted

Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: toasted is anadjective and trustedaverb. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 25969, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.

toasted is recorded at frequency rank #20,797, classified as anadj. trusted is at rank #5,172, tagged as averb, pronounced /ˈtɹʌstɪd/.

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 25969, this pair ranks #390,217 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.

Orthographic DNA of toasted vs trusted

Shared letters: dest. Private to "toasted": ao. Private to "trusted": ru.

"toasted" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC  ·  "trusted" · 7 letters · shape CCVCCVC

Known mistypes of this pair

  • toastedotasted · taosted · toasetd · toassted · toastde · toastedd · toastted · toatsed
  • trustedrtusted · trrusted · trsuted · trusetd · trussted · trustde · trustedd · trustted

Frequently Asked Questions

Can "toasted" and "trusted" be used interchangeably?
No - they are not even the same part of speech. "toasted" is an adjective and "trusted" a verb, so a sentence built for one is usually ungrammatical with the other.
Which is more common, "toasted" or "trusted"?
"trusted" is the more common of the two: it sits at frequency rank #5,172 in our English list, against #20,797 for "toasted". The two are close in frequency, so neither is a safe default; check the meaning rather than guessing.

Useful next steps

You've compared "toasted" and "trusted". Here's where to go from here.

  • Full dictionary entry for "toasted" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
  • Full dictionary entry for "trusted" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
  • This pair ranks #390,217 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
  • "toasted" and "trusted" 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 #390,217 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list