Which to use
“wold” and “wound” are a confusable English pair: similar on the page, but distinct in meaning, check the gloss before you choose.
- #42,997
- “wold” frequency rank
- #4,814
- “wound” frequency rank
- 47811
- confusion score
Side-by-Side Comparison
| Feature | wold | wound |
|---|---|---|
| Definition | An unforested or deforested plain, a grassland, a moor. | An injury, such as a cut, stab, or tear, to a (usually external) part of the body. |
Where the eye mixes wold and wound
Muted = shared; highlighted = the visual trap. They share 3 letters in sequence.
Spelling & Dictionary Insight
A purely visual mix-up. wold (/wəʊld/) and wound (/wuːnd/) 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 1 letter(s) in length. Our composite confusion score for this pair is 47811, 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/. wound is at rank #4,814, tagged as anoun, pronounced /wuːnd/.
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 47811, this pair ranks #198,990 of 530,003 scored English confusable pairs - roughly mid-pack for confusability.
Orthographic DNA of wold vs wound
Shared letters: dow. Private to "wold": l. Private to "wound": nu.
"wold" · 4 letters · shape CVCC · "wound" · 5 letters · shape CVVCC