braided
/ˈbɹeɪdɪd/
"braided" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“braided” has 10 generated spelling variants in the English index at frequency #26,021. The variants make it a useful spelling check.
- #26,021
- frequency rank, English
- 4,121
- “B” headwords
- 10
- tracked misspellings
- 20
- confusable pairs
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - simple past and past participle of braid
Corpus desk
Index EN-braided · braided · English
braided · rank #26,021 · 10 variants · 20 confusables
- FREQ-MID #26,021
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-HIGH 20 pairs
- VAR-MID 10 variants
- BOOK-MID 4,121
- PHOTO-FINISH Boyce
Nearest frequency peer: Boyce (-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 “braided”
Same rarity band: useful when a typo lands on a peer headword
- blushing
blushing
73,983 corpus weight
- bowels
bowels
73,982 corpus weight
- Boyce
Boyce
73,981 corpus weight
- braided
braided
73,980 corpus weight
- bridesmaid
bridesmaid
73,978 corpus weight
- brie
brie
73,977 corpus weight
What this shows “braided” 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 | braided |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | /ˈbɹeɪdɪd/ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #26,021 |
| Misspellings tracked | 10 |
| Confusable pairs | 20 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Frequency seat of misspelling magnet “braided”
A misspelling magnet
The generator records 10 spelling variants around braided (IPA /ˈbɹeɪdɪd/), averb. Corpus frequency is #26,021 among 4,121 “B” headwords. Dominant gloss: "simple past and past participle of braid".
Our generated misspelling index lists 10 likely wrong-spelling variants for braided, with forms such as "barided", "bbraided", and "bradied". 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 20 confusable-pair relationships, "bride", "brides", "bribed", and more, a pairing that trips writers up because the two words share enough sound or shape to blur together.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is easiest explained by how it's pronounced rather than where it came from. The correct English form is braided, spelled B-R-A-I-D-E-D.
Definition
- 1simple past and past participle of braid
Recorded use
Wiktionary exampleThese source excerpts show how braided appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
That concertina was a wonder in its way. The handles that was on it first was wore out long ago, and he'd made new ones of braided rope yarn. And the bellows was patched in more places than a cranberry picker's overalls.
Common misspellings
Also misspelled as:
- barided
- bbraided
- bradied
- braidde
- braidded
- braidedd
- braiedd
- briaded
- brraided
- rbaided
Misspelling Pattern Breakdown
How far each generated variant is from the correct spelling of braided - 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 "braided", not the corpus desk frequency band.
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).