averted
/əˈvɝtɪd/
"averted" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“averted” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #26,335. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #26,335
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 6
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Turned away, especially as an expression of feeling.
Corpus desk
Index EN-averted · averted · English
averted · rank #26,335 · 10 variants · 6 confusables
- FREQ-MID #26,335
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 6 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH Ashland
Nearest frequency peer: Ashland (-2 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 “averted”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- aortic
aortic
73,670 corpus weight
- ard
ard
73,669 corpus weight
- Ashland
Ashland
73,668 corpus weight
- averted
averted
73,666 corpus weight
- banish
banish
73,663 corpus weight
- Bateman
Bateman
73,662 corpus weight
What this shows “averted” 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 | averted |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /əˈvɝtɪd/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #26,335 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 6 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “averted”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around averted (IPA /əˈvɝtɪd/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #26,335 among 3,931 “A” headwords. Wiktionary lists 2 senses, so context still picks the gloss.
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for averted, with forms such as "aevrted", "averetd", and "averrted". Every one of these variants traces to a single-character edit -- an added or dropped letter, a swapped consonant, or a vowel swap -- the kind of slip a spell-checker is built to catch. It also participates in 6 confusable-pair relationships, "avert", "averse", "aborted", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.
This headword's origin isn't recorded in our source data, so spelling patterns must be inferred from the word's phoneme-to-grapheme mapping rather than from a documented borrowing chain. The correct English form is averted, spelled A-V-E-R-T-E-D.
Definition
- 1Turned away, especially as an expression of feeling.
- 2Turned or directed away (from something).
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how averted appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
It will not come as a surprise that Paul experiences much oppositional, averted anger, which is partly an adequate answer to the intrusions he has experienced and partly makes[…]
[...] : for Mompelgard, two barbels endorsed with tails averted, in a field gules : for Heydenheim, a Saracen's head, with a kind of hussar's cap gules[…]
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aevrted
- averetd
- averrted
- avertde
- avertedd
- avertted
- avetred
- avreted
- avverted
- vaerted
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of averted - 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 "averted", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).