Which to use
“wider” is an adjective and “Wiles” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #4,813
- “wider” frequency rank
- #41,472
- “Wiles” frequency rank
- 46285
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | wider | Wiles |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | comparative form of wide: more wide | A surname transferred from the nickname. A patronymic form of Wile. |
Letter map: wider vs Wiles
Shared letters muted; letters that set wider and Wiles apart highlighted. Shared run: 3. wider and Wiles follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Role in the sentence - wider and Wiles
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: wider is anadjective and Wilesaname. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 46285, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
wider is recorded at frequency rank #4,813, classified as anadj, pronounced /ˈwaɪdɚ/. 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 46285, this pair ranks #213,211 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of wider vs Wiles
Shared letters: eiw. Private to "wider": dr. Private to "Wiles": ls.
"wider" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "Wiles" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
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What to do next
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- Full dictionary entry for "wider" 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 #213,211 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "wider" 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 #213,211 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.