Which to use
“widest” is an adjective and “Wiles” is a name - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #21,114
- “widest” frequency rank
- #41,472
- “Wiles” frequency rank
- 62586
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | widest | Wiles |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | superlative form of wide: most wide | A surname transferred from the nickname. A patronymic form of Wile. |
Letter map: widest vs Wiles
Shared letters muted; letters that set widest and Wiles apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. widest runs 6 letters (CVCVCC) against Wiles's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for widest / Wiles
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: widest is anadjective and Wilesaname. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 62586, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
widest is recorded at frequency rank #21,114, classified as anadj, pronounced /ˈwaɪdəst/. 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 62586, this pair ranks #87,688 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of widest vs Wiles
Shared letters: eisw. Private to "widest": dt. Private to "Wiles": l.
"widest" · 6 letters · shape CVCVCC · "Wiles" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Can "widest" and "Wiles" be used interchangeably?
Frequency check: "widest" vs "Wiles" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "widest" and "Wiles".
- Full dictionary entry for "widest" 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 #87,688 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "widest" 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 #87,688 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.