bathed

/beɪðd/

//beɪðd// verb

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"bathed" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“bathed” has 9 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #24,389. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#24,389
frequency rank, English
4,121
“B” headwords
9
tracked misspellings
20
confusable pairs

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - simple past and past participle of bathe

Corpus desk

Index EN-bathed · bathed · English

bathed · rank #24,389 · 9 variants · 20 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #24,389
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
  • VAR-MID 9 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,121
  • PHOTO-FINISH bao

Nearest frequency peer: bao (-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 “bathed”

Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword

corpus weight

What this shows “bathed” sits among these FrequencyWords peers; misspelling depth is tracked separately in the edit-distance chart.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026

Visual similarity to commonly confused words

How many letter changes separate each confused pair (Levenshtein distance, normalized).

bathed vs baths
67% similar
bathed vs bother
67% similar
bathed vs batter
67% similar

Source: PlainSpell confusable corpus (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA).

Key facts for bathed
PropertyValue
Headwordbathed
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
IPA/beɪðd/
Letters6
Frequency rank#24,389
Misspellings tracked9
Confusable pairs20
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “bathed”

Word frequency stretches from the small set of words we reach for constantly (left) out to the long tail barely used once in a while (right).bathedlands here:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “bao” (#24,388), “betraying” (#24,390), “banded” (#24,387). Among 4,121 “B” headwords, “bathed” is #24,389. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 9 spelling variants around bathed (IPA /beɪðd/), averb. Corpus frequency is #24,389 among 4,121 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "simple past and past participle of bathe".

Our generated misspelling index lists 9 likely wrong-spelling variants for bathed, with forms such as "abthed", "bahted", and "batehd". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "baths", "bother", "batter", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.

This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct English form is bathed, spelled B-A-T-H-E-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of bathe

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • abthed
  • bahted
  • batehd
  • bathde
  • bathedd
  • bathhed
  • batthed
  • bbathed
  • btahed

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bathed - measured in single-character edits (insert, delete, or substitute a letter). Larger bars are easier to catch; one-edit slips are the sneakiest.

abthed2bahted2batehd2bathde2bathedd1bathhed1batthed1bbathed1
Edit distance from "bathed"

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.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "bathed"?
"bathed" is spelled B-A-T-H-E-D. The IPA pronunciation is /beɪðd/.
What does "bathed" mean?
As a verb, "bathed" means: simple past and past participle of bathe
What words are commonly confused with "bathed"?
"bathed" is commonly confused with "baths", "bother", "batter". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "bathed"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "bathed" is /beɪðd/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "bathed" come from?
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Similar English words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "bathed", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

banded#24,387Bharat#24,392astray#24,383astral#24,382

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (9 here; floor ≥5).

chaser9 variantsCummins9 variantsdieting9 variantsDoppler9 variants

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list