awoken
/əˈwəʊkn̩/
"awoken" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“awoken” has 8 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #40,569. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #40,569
- frequency rank, English
- 3,931
- “A” headwords
- 8
- tracked misspellings
- 5
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - past participle of awake
Corpus desk
Index EN-awoken · awoken · English
awoken · rank #40,569 · 8 variants · 5 confusables
- FREQ-MID #40,569
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 5 pairs
- VAR-MID 8 variants
- BOOK-MID 3,931
- PHOTO-FINISH authenticate
Nearest frequency peer: authenticate (-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 “awoken”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- Athenians
Athenians
59,436 corpus weight
- attendee
attendee
59,435 corpus weight
- authenticate
authenticate
59,434 corpus weight
- awoken
awoken
59,432 corpus weight
- backline
backline
59,430 corpus weight
- backtrack
backtrack
59,429 corpus weight
What this shows “awoken” 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 | awoken |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /əˈwəʊkn̩/ |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #40,569 |
| Misspellings tracked | 8 |
| Confusable pairs | 5 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “awoken”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 8 spelling variants around awoken (IPA /əˈwəʊkn̩/), averb. Corpus frequency is #40,569 among 3,931 “A” headwords. Dominant gloss: "past participle of awake".
Our generated misspelling index lists 8 likely wrong-spelling variants for awoken, with forms such as "aowken", "awkoen", and "awoekn". Each of these forms differs from the correct spelling by one small edit: a doubled letter, a dropped silent letter, or a substituted vowel. It also participates in 5 confusable-pair relationships, "awake", "awoke", "Aiken", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: Morphologically awoke + -n. The correct English form is awoken, spelled A-W-O-K-E-N.
Definition
- 1past participle of awake
Etymology
Morphologically awoke + -n.
Synonyms
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- aowken
- awkoen
- awoekn
- awokenn
- awokken
- awokne
- awwoken
- waoken
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of awoken - expressed in single-character edits (insert, delete, or swap one letter). Bigger bars stand out at a glance; a one-edit slip is the hardest to catch.
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 "awoken", not the corpus desk frequency band.
Same letter count
Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).
Similar misspelling depth
Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (8 here; floor ≥5).