# stilted

> English word · Adjective · IPA /ˈstɪltɪd/ · frequency rank #49,652

## Definitions
1. Making use of or possessing a stilt or stilts, or things resembling stilts; raised on stilts.
2. Elevated or raised in a contrived or unnatural way; stiff and artificially formal or pompous; also, depending on redundant, unnecessary elements.
3. Of a building or architectural feature such as an arch or vault: supported by stilts (“supporting pillars or posts”); also (generally) having the main part raised above the usual level by some structure.

## Etymology
From stilt + -ed.

## Easily confused with
- **suited** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stilted-vs-suited)
- **styled** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stilted-vs-styled)
- **stirred** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stilted-vs-stirred)
- **stunted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stilted-vs-stunted)
- **stated** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stated-vs-stilted)
- **smiled** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/smiled-vs-stilted)
- **sailed** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sailed-vs-stilted)
- **salted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/salted-vs-stilted)
- **soiled** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/soiled-vs-stilted)
- **sifted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/sifted-vs-stilted)
- **started** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/started-vs-stilted)
- **skilled** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skilled-vs-stilted)
- **stifled** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stifled-vs-stilted)
- **stiller** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/stiller-vs-stilted)
- **skirted** (https://plainspell.com/en/vs/skirted-vs-stilted)

## Common misspellings (11)
`sitlted`, `sstilted`, `stiletd`, `stillted`, `stiltde`, `stiltedd`, `stiltted`, `stitled`, `stlited`, `sttilted`, `tsilted`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/stilted