Which to use
“waited” and “weighted” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #4,642
- “waited” frequency rank
- #11,639
- “weighted” frequency rank
- 16281
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | waited | weighted |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | simple past and past participle of wait | simple past and past participle of weight |
Same sound, different letters: waited vs weighted
Muted letters are shared; highlighted letters are the only spelling cue when pronunciation matches. Shared run: 5 letters. waited runs 6 letters (CVVCVC) against weighted's 8 (CVVCCCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Homophone desk: waited vs weighted
This is the hard kind. waited and weighted are pronounced identically (/ˈweɪt.ɪd/) and both work as averb. Neither the ear nor the grammar will rescue you; only the meaning does, so the glosses below are the whole decision. They differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 16281, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
waited is recorded at frequency rank #4,642, classified as averb, pronounced /ˈweɪt.ɪd/. weighted is at rank #11,639, tagged as averb, pronounced /ˈweɪ.tɪd/.
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 16281, this pair ranks #458,768 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - a relatively easy-to-tell-apart pair.
Orthographic DNA of waited vs weighted
Shared letters: deitw. Private to "waited": a. Private to "weighted": gh.
"waited" · 6 letters · shape CVVCVC · "weighted" · 8 letters · shape CVVCCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "waited" and "weighted" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "waited" vs "weighted" - which ranks higher?
Useful next steps
"waited" and "weighted" share a sound, keep the gloss open, then jump to the headword or a nearby trap.
- Full dictionary entry for "waited" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "weighted" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #458,768 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "waited" and "weighted" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "waited vs whined". 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 #458,768 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.