Which to use
“wald” is a verb and “Weld” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #44,013
- “wald” frequency rank
- #18,994
- “Weld” frequency rank
- 63007
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | wald | Weld |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | To govern; inherit. | A surname from Old English possibly deriving from the Old English word for woodland. The family is mainly located in the Southern regions of England. |
Letter map: wald vs Weld
Shared letters muted; letters that set wald and Weld apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. wald and Weld follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Part-of-speech tell for wald / Weld
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: wald is averb and Weldaname. On the page they differ by a single letter - a in “wald” becomes e in “Weld”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 63007, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
wald is recorded at frequency rank #44,013, classified as averb, pronounced /wɔːld/. Weld is at rank #18,994, tagged as aname.
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 63007, this pair ranks #85,396 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of wald vs Weld
Shared letters: dlw. Private to "wald": a. Private to "Weld": e.
"wald" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "Weld" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
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- Full dictionary entry for "wald" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Weld" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #85,396 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "wald" and "Weld" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "wald vs wawa". 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 #85,396 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.