catched
"catched" is a 7-letter English headword indexed on PlainSpell.
The verdict
“catched” is uncommon English (frequency #84,075 among 5,599 “C” headwords), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- #84,075
- frequency rank, English
- 5,599
- “C” headwords
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - simple past and past participle of catch
Corpus desk
Index EN-catched · catched · English
catched · rank #84,075 · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-RARE #84,075
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-DENSE 5,599
- PHOTO-FINISH Castiglione
Nearest frequency peer: Castiglione (-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.
Long-tail ranks near “catched”
Sparse band: bars invert rank so rarer forms read shorter
- cartes
cartes
15,930 corpus weight
- Caryn
Caryn
15,929 corpus weight
- Castiglione
Castiglione
15,927 corpus weight
- catched
catched
15,926 corpus weight
- Catterick
Catterick
15,925 corpus weight
- caul
caul
15,924 corpus weight
What this shows Long-tail view: where “catched” sits against similarly uncommon English ranks.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | catched |
| Language | English |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| Letters | 7 |
| Frequency rank | #84,075 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Long-tail rank of “catched” in English
Rare enough to double-check
catched is uncommon English at frequency #84,075 among 5,599 “C” headwords, classed as averb. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "simple past and past participle of catch".
We couldn't generate a plausible misspelling set for catched, a sign its spelling follows regular English conventions. This entry stands alone in our confusable dataset, suggesting its spelling stands apart enough that readers rarely confuse it with something else.
Wiktionary doesn't record an etymology for this headword, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct English form is catched, spelled C-A-T-C-H-E-D.
Definition
- 1simple past and past participle of catch
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how catched appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Their fleſh is red, and they are catched with great hooks made faſt to pieces of wire.
1867: Clarence M. Leumane, the Lambton Worm song One Sunda morn young Lambton went A-fishing in the Wear; An' catched a fish upon he's heuk He thowt leuk't vary queer
Synonyms
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).