Which to use
“walked” is a verb and “wilted” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #2,187
- “walked” frequency rank
- #47,423
- “wilted” frequency rank
- 49610
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | walked | wilted |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | simple past and past participle of walk | Drooping, typically due to lack of water. |
Letter map: walked vs wilted
Shared letters muted; letters that set walked and wilted apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. walked and wilted follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Part-of-speech tell for walked / wilted
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: walked is averb and wiltedanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 49610, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
walked is recorded at frequency rank #2,187, classified as averb, pronounced /wɔːkt/. 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 49610, this pair ranks #181,965 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of walked vs wilted
Shared letters: delw. Private to "walked": ak. Private to "wilted": it.
"walked" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "wilted" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "walked" and "wilted" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Which is more common, "walked" or "wilted"?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "walked" and "wilted".
- Full dictionary entry for "walked" 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 #181,965 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "walked" 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 #181,965 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.