bogged
"bogged" is a 6-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“bogged” has 7 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #29,192. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #29,192
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
- 7
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - simple past and past participle of bog
Corpus desk
Index EN-bogged · bogged · English
bogged · rank #29,192 · 7 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #29,192
- LEN-LONG 6 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 7 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH boobies
Nearest frequency peer: boobies (+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 “bogged”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- blackened
blackened
70,812 corpus weight
- blacklisted
blacklisted
70,811 corpus weight
- bogged
bogged
70,809 corpus weight
- boobies
boobies
70,808 corpus weight
- bookkeeping
bookkeeping
70,807 corpus weight
- Borden
Borden
70,806 corpus weight
What this shows “bogged” 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 | bogged |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 6 |
| Frequency rank | #29,192 |
| Misspellings tracked | 7 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “bogged”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 7 spelling variants around bogged, averb. Corpus frequency is #29,192 among 4,121 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "simple past and past participle of bog".
Our generated misspelling index lists 7 likely wrong-spelling variants for bogged, with forms such as "bbogged", "bgoged", and "boged". 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, "bored", "boxed", "bowed", and more, since the words sound or look close enough that writers reach for the wrong one mid-sentence.
Etymologically, the entry records: Past participle of bog. The correct English form is bogged, spelled B-O-G-G-E-D.
Definition
- 1simple past and past participle of bog
Etymology
Past participle of bog.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- bbogged
- bgoged
- boged
- bogegd
- boggde
- boggedd
- obgged
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of bogged - 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 "bogged", 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 (7 here; floor ≥5).