beloved
/bɪˈlʌvd/
"beloved" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“beloved” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #5,393. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #5,393
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 7
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Much loved, dearly loved.
Corpus desk
Index EN-beloved · beloved · English
beloved · rank #5,393 · 10 variants · 7 confusables
- FREQ-COMMON #5,393
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-MID 7 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH beds
Nearest frequency peer: beds (-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 “beloved”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- aviation
aviation
94,611 corpus weight
- barrel
barrel
94,610 corpus weight
- beds
beds
94,609 corpus weight
- beloved
beloved
94,608 corpus weight
- bless
bless
94,607 corpus weight
- boxing
boxing
94,606 corpus weight
What this shows “beloved” 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 | beloved |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | /bɪˈlʌvd/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #5,393 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 7 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “beloved”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around beloved (IPA /bɪˈlʌvd/), anadjective. Corpus frequency is #5,393 among 4,121 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "Much loved, dearly loved.".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for beloved, with forms such as "bbeloved", "belloved", and "beloevd". 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 7 confusable-pair relationships, "belted", "belive", "behaved", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: From Middle English beloved, biloved, equivalent to belove + -ed. The correct English form is beloved, spelled B-E-L-O-V-E-D.
Definition
- 1Much loved, dearly loved.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how beloved appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
But I found at laſt, by hearing and conſidering of things that are Divine, which indeed I heard of you, as alſo of beloved Faithful, that was put to death for his Faith and good-living in Vanity-fair, That the end of these things is death. [Rom[ans] 6. 21, 22, 23.] And that for theſe things ſake, the wrath of God cometh upon the children of diſobedience.…
When the Toy had once taken Jupiter in the Head to Enter into a State of Matrimony, he Reſolv'd for the Honour of his Celeſtial Lady, that the whole World ſhould keep a Feſtiual upon the Day of his Marriage, and ſo Invited all Living Creatures, Tag-Rag and Bob-Tail, to the Solemnity to his Wedding. They all came in very Good Time, ſaving the Tortoiſe. Jup…
Etymology
From Middle English beloved, biloved, equivalent to belove + -ed.
This word in other languages
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbeloved
- belloved
- beloevd
- belovde
- belovedd
- belovved
- belvoed
- beolved
- bleoved
- ebloved
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of beloved - 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
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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).