# untidy vs untied

> English confusable word pair

## The two words

### untidy
*adjective · IPA /ʌnˈtaɪdi/ · frequency rank #46,838*
Sloppy.

### untied
*adjective · frequency rank #40,498*
Not tied; undone

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/vs/untidy-vs-untied