Which to use
“wilted” is an adjective and “wiped” is a verb - they look or sound alike but fill different roles in a sentence.
- #47,423
- “wilted” frequency rank
- #8,878
- “wiped” frequency rank
- 56301
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | wilted | wiped |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | Drooping, typically due to lack of water. | simple past and past participle of wipe |
Letter map: wilted vs wiped
Shared letters muted; letters that set wilted and wiped apart highlighted. Shared run: 4. wilted runs 6 letters (CVCCVC) against wiped's 5 (CVCVC) - the length gap alone is often enough to separate them once you know to check it.
Part-of-speech tell for wilted / wiped
Our dataset has no pronunciation recorded for both members, so the reliable separator here is grammatical: wilted is anadjective and wipedaverb. On the page they differ by 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 56301, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
wilted is recorded at frequency rank #47,423, classified as anadj. wiped is at rank #8,878, tagged as averb, pronounced /waɪpt/.
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 56301, this pair ranks #127,267 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - among the most confusable pairs.
Orthographic DNA of wilted vs wiped
Shared letters: deiw. Private to "wilted": lt. Private to "wiped": p.
"wilted" · 6 letters · shape CVCCVC · "wiped" · 5 letters · shape CVCVC
Known mistypes of this pair
Frequently Asked Questions
Do "wilted" and "wiped" mean the same thing in a sentence?
Frequency check: "wilted" vs "wiped" - which ranks higher?
After this comparison
Done with this confusable. These links stay specific to "wilted" and "wiped".
- Full dictionary entry for "wilted" with definition, IPA, and generated misspellings. Word entry
- Full dictionary entry for "wiped" - compare definitions side by side with the headword page. Word entry
- This pair ranks #127,267 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs in this corpus vintage. Corpus statistics
- "wilted" and "wiped" 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 #127,267 of 530,003 scored English pairs, corpus vintage 2026-09-03, not spelling advice.