aimed
/eɪmd/
"aimed" is a 5-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“aimed” has 6 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #4,650. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #4,650
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
- 6
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - simple past and past participle of aim
Corpus desk
Index EN-aimed · aimed · English
aimed · rank #4,650 · 6 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #4,650
- LEN-MID 5 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 6 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH AIDS
Nearest frequency peer: AIDS (-1 rank slots)
Read with this headword: Spelling guide for this pattern
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
Rank peers near misspelling magnet “aimed”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- accompanied
accompanied
95,354 corpus weight
- Adams
Adams
95,353 corpus weight
- AIDS
AIDS
95,352 corpus weight
- aimed
aimed
95,351 corpus weight
- alpha
alpha
95,350 corpus weight
- approaches
approaches
95,349 corpus weight
What this shows “aimed” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.
Visual similarity to commonly confused words
How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).
Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | aimed |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /eɪmd/ |
| Letters | 5 |
| Frequency rank | #4,650 |
| Misspellings tracked | 6 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “aimed”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 6 spelling variants around aimed (IPA /eɪmd/), averb. Corpus frequency is #4,650 among 3,931 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "simple past and past participle of aim".
Our generated misspelling index lists 6 likely wrong-spelling variants for aimed, with forms such as "aiemd", "aimde", and "aimedd". Each variant is a distinct typo pattern an edit-distance generator flags, typically a doubled-consonant error, a silent-letter drop, or a vowel substitution. It also participates in 20 confusable-pair relationships, "AMD", "AmE", "aims", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is aimed, spelled A-I-M-E-D.
Definition
- 1simple past and past participle of aim
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aiemd
- aimde
- aimedd
- aimmed
- amied
- iamed
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of aimed - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 English corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.
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Similar English words by spelling shape
Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "aimed", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 5 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (6 here; floor ≥5).