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“Wales” and “Wiles” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #2,508
- “Wales” frequency rank
- #41,472
- “Wiles” frequency rank
- 43980
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Wales | Wiles |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | One of the four constituent countries of the United Kingdom, formerly a principality. | A surname transferred from the nickname. A patronymic form of Wile. |
Letter map: Wales vs Wiles
Shared letters muted; letters that set Wales and Wiles apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.
Pair insight - Wales / Wiles
Wales and Wiles 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 a single letter - a in “Wales” becomes i in “Wiles”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 43980, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Wales is recorded at frequency rank #2,508, classified as aname, pronounced /weɪlz/. Wiles is at rank #41,472, 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 43980, this pair ranks #234,842 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of Wales vs Wiles
Shared letters: elsw. Private to "Wales": a. Private to "Wiles": i.
"Wales" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "Wiles" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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After this comparison
Pair "Wales" vs "Wiles" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "Wales" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "Wiles" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #234,842 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Wales" and "Wiles" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "Wiles vs Willey". 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 #234,842 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.