Which to use
“willed” and “wilted” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #24,058
- “willed” frequency rank
- #47,423
- “wilted” frequency rank
- 71481
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | willed | wilted |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Having a document specifying inheritance. | Drooping, typically due to lack of water. |
Letter map: willed vs wilted
Shared letters muted; letters that set willed and wilted apart highlighted. Shared run: 5. willed and wilted follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Corpus notes: willed and wilted
willed and wilted are indexed as a confusable English pair. We have no recorded pronunciation or part of speech for both members, so the spelling overlap is what we can show you: they differ by a single letter - l in “willed” becomes t in “wilted”. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 71481, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
willed is recorded at frequency rank #24,058, classified as anadj. 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 71481, this pair ranks #46,528 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of willed vs wilted
Shared letters: deilw. Private to "willed": -. Private to "wilted": t.
"willed" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "wilted" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "willed" for "wilted" ever safe?
Frequency check: "willed" vs "wilted" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "willed" and "wilted".
- Full dictionary entry for "willed" 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 #46,528 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "willed" 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 #46,528 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.