Which to use
“Weld” is a name and “wold” is a noun - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #18,994
- “Weld” frequency rank
- #42,997
- “wold” frequency rank
- 61991
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Weld | wold |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | 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. | An unforested or deforested plain, a grassland, a moor. |
Letter map: Weld vs wold
Shared letters muted; letters that set Weld and wold apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. Weld and wold follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Role in the sentence - Weld and wold
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Weld is aname and woldanoun. On the page they differ by a single letter - e in “Weld” becomes o in “wold”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 61991, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Weld is recorded at frequency rank #18,994, classified as aname. wold is at rank #42,997, tagged as anoun, pronounced /wəʊld/.
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 61991, this pair ranks #90,998 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of Weld vs wold
Shared letters: dlw. Private to "Weld": e. Private to "wold": o.
"Weld" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "wold" · 4 letters · shape CVCC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "Weld" and "wold" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "Weld" vs "wold" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pair "Weld" vs "wold" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "Weld" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "wold" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #90,998 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Weld" and "wold" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "wold vs wove". 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 #90,998 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.