Which to use
“wold” and “worlds” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #42,997
- “wold” frequency rank
- #4,910
- “worlds” frequency rank
- 47907
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | wold | worlds |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | An unforested or deforested plain, a grassland, a moor. | plural of world |
Where the eye mixes wold and worlds
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 4 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. wold (/wəʊld/) and worlds (/wɝldz/) are said differently, so reading them aloud is the quickest way to catch the wrong one. On the page they stay close: they differ by 2 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47907, derived from the frequency rank of both members and their visual similarity.
wold is recorded at frequency rank #42,997, classified as anoun, pronounced /wəʊld/. worlds is at rank #4,910, tagged as anoun, pronounced /wɝldz/.
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 47907, this pair ranks #198,048 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of wold vs worlds
Shared letters: dlow. Private to "wold": -. Private to "worlds": rs.
"wold" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "worlds" · 6 letters · shape CVCCCC