behaved

/bɪˈheɪvd/

//bɪˈheɪvd// verb

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"behaved" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.

The verdict

“behaved” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #13,100. The variants make it a useful spelling check.

#13,100
frequency rank, English
4,121
“B” headwords
10
tracked misspellings
10
confusable pairs

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

Corpus desk

Index EN-behaved · behaved · English

behaved · rank #13,100 · 10 variants · 10 confusables

  • FREQ-MID #13,100
  • LEN-LONG 7 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-MID 10 pairs
  • VAR-MID 10 variants
  • BOOK-MID 4,121
  • PHOTO-FINISH barker

Nearest frequency peer: barker (-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 “behaved”

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

corpus weight

What this shows “behaved” 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).

behaved vs braved
71% similar
behaved vs beloved
71% similar
behaved vs belated
71% similar

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

Key facts for behaved
PropertyValue
Headwordbehaved
LanguageEnglish
Part of speechVerb
IPA/bɪˈheɪvd/
Letters7
Frequency rank#13,100
Misspellings tracked10
Confusable pairs10
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “behaved”

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).behavedlands here:

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

Scale is logarithmic (each tick is 10× rarer). Same rarity band neighbours include “barker” (#13,099), “Bentley” (#13,101), “banquet” (#13,098). Among 4,121 “B” headwords, “behaved” is #13,100. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

A misspelling magnet

The generator records 10 spelling variants around behaved (IPA /bɪˈheɪvd/), averb. Corpus frequency is #13,100 among 4,121 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "simple past and past participle of behave".

Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for behaved, with forms such as "bbehaved", "beahved", and "behaevd". 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 10 confusable-pair relationships, "braved", "beloved", "belated", and more, where similar look or sound leads writers to substitute one word for another in context.

No explicit etymology string is stored for this entry, 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 behaved, spelled B-E-H-A-V-E-D.

Definition

  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of behave

Common misspellings

Also misspelled as:

  • bbehaved
  • beahved
  • behaevd
  • behavde
  • behavedd
  • behavved
  • behhaved
  • behvaed
  • bheaved
  • ebhaved

Misspelling Pattern Breakdown

How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of behaved - counted as single-character edits (an insertion, a deletion, or a substituted letter). The larger the bar, the easier the typo is to spot; one-edit slips are the ones that sneak past readers.

bbehaved1beahved2behaevd2behavde2behavedd1behavved1behhaved1behvaed2
Edit distance from "behaved"

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 "behaved"?
"behaved" is spelled B-E-H-A-V-E-D. The IPA pronunciation is /bɪˈheɪvd/.
What does "behaved" mean?
As a verb, "behaved" means: simple past and past participle of behave
What words are commonly confused with "behaved"?
"behaved" is commonly confused with "braved", "beloved", "belated". These words look or sound similar but have different meanings. PlainSpell provides detailed comparisons for each pair.
How do you pronounce "behaved"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "behaved" is /bɪˈheɪvd/. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "behaved" come from?
"behaved" is a English word. PlainSpell covers definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data across English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German.
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Similar English words by spelling shape

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

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked English headwords with 7 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Bentley#13,101banquet#13,098Bahrain#13,097billing#13,104

Similar misspelling depth

Headwords with a similar count of attested misspellings (10 here; floor ≥5).

attacker10 variantsasserted10 variantscrusade10 variantsdevised10 variants

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

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list