Which to use
“Wilmer” is a name and “wilted” is an adjective - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #45,750
- “Wilmer” frequency rank
- #47,423
- “wilted” frequency rank
- 93173
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | Wilmer | wilted |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | A male given name. | Drooping, typically due to lack of water. |
Letter map: Wilmer vs wilted
Shared letters muted; letters that set Wilmer and wilted apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. Wilmer and wilted follow the identical consonant-vowel pattern (CVCCVC). Same shape at a glance is often the real trap, independent of shared letters.
Part-of-speech tell for Wilmer / wilted
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: Wilmer is aname and wiltedanadjective. On the page they share most of their letters but differ in 2 positions. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 93173, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
Wilmer is recorded at frequency rank #45,750, classified as aname. 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 93173, this pair ranks #2,104 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of Wilmer vs wilted
Shared letters: eilw. Private to "Wilmer": mr. Private to "wilted": dt.
"Wilmer" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "wilted" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Is swapping "Wilmer" for "wilted" ever safe?
Frequency check: "Wilmer" vs "wilted" - which ranks higher?
What to do next
Pair "Wilmer" vs "wilted" is on the table, pick a follow-up below.
- Full dictionary entry for "Wilmer" 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 #2,104 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "Wilmer" 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 #2,104 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.