Which to use
“wider” is an adjective and “winded” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #4,813
- “wider” frequency rank
- #34,351
- “winded” frequency rank
- 39164
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | wider | winded |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | comparative form of wide: more wide | simple past and past participle of wind |
Letter map: wider vs winded
Shared letters muted; letters that set wider and winded apart highlighted. Shared run: 4.
Part-of-speech tell for wider / winded
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: wider is anadjective and windedaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 39164, 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/. winded is at rank #34,351, tagged as averb.
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 39164, this pair ranks #279,249 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of wider vs winded
Shared letters: deiw. Private to "wider": r. Private to "winded": n.
"wider" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC · "winded" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "wider" for "winded" ever safe?
In ordinary English text, does "wider" or "winded" show up more?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "wider" and "winded".
- Full dictionary entry for "wider" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "winded" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #279,249 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "wider" and "winded" also get mixed up with nearby pairs, the highest-scored neighbour is "whined vs winded". 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 #279,249 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.