Which to use
“waisted” and “wilted” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #41,463
- “waisted” frequency rank
- #47,423
- “wilted” frequency rank
- 88886
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | waisted | wilted |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Having some specific type of waist. | Drooping, typically due to lack of water. |
Letter map: waisted vs wilted
Shared letters muted; letters that set waisted and wilted apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. waisted runs 7 letters (CVVCCVC) against wilted's 6 (CVCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Corpus notes: waisted and wilted
waisted and wilted are indexed as a confusable English pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 88886, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
waisted is recorded at frequency rank #41,463, classified as anadj, pronounced /ˈweɪstɪd/. wilted is at rank #47,423, 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 88886, this pair ranks #5,787 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of waisted vs wilted
Shared letters: deitw. Private to "waisted": as. Private to "wilted": l.
"waisted" · 7 letters · shape CVVCCVC · "wilted" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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Frequency check: "waisted" vs "wilted" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "waisted" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "wilted" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #5,787 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "waisted" and "wilted" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Willey vs wilted". 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 #5,787 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.